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cep

/sɛp/ · 3 letters · 3 distinct letters

cep is in Nectary’s accepted word list, but we don’t have a definition for it yet.

Word history

From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (“stake”).

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Where it comes from
Listed in the English Speller Database at size 70: the largest list we accept, where the rarer words live.
How common it is
Used about once in every 4 million words.
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