Note: 0 results match the search term “Russian words that start with C” when using a standard transliteration such as BGN/PCGN. Russian uses the Cyrillic alphabet, and no single Cyrillic letter routinely converts to the single Latin letter C. Consult authoritative sources (Russian National Corpus, major dictionaries, Wiktionary) and you will see many words that begin with Cyrillic С or Ц, but those map to S or TS in reliable transliteration. As an interesting detail, older English spellings like “czar” and “cossack” reached English via other languages, not by a one-to-one conversion from a Russian initial C.

Remember that the Cyrillic letters С and Ц carry different sounds and transliteration rules. С corresponds to the Latin S and Ц corresponds to the digraph TS under BGN/PCGN and most modern systems. Historical or language-specific spellings sometimes begin with C in English, but strict criteria that require a single Latin C initial produce no authentic Russian headwords. Check primary references and frequency lists and you will find many high-frequency words under С (S) and Ц (Ts), not under a lone Latin C.

Check related searches instead: “Russian words that start with S” for Cyrillic С and “Russian words that start with Ts” for Cyrillic Ц, or use an A–Z transliteration list that follows BGN/PCGN. If you want near-misses, look at established English borrowings like czar/czarina or cossack, which reflect older pathways into English rather than a direct, standard transliteration from Russian. Use reputable corpora and dictionaries to verify spellings and translations.