CUP

abbrev

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,431

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

CUP is anGermanabbrev. It means: internationaler Währungscode für kubanischer Peso, die Währung von Kuba It ranks #3,431 in German word frequency. Often confused with cz and Cut.

Key facts for CUP
PropertyValue
HeadwordCUP
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbrev
Letters3
Frequency rank#3,431
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of CUP in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for CUP is 3 letters long, classified as anabbrev. Corpus data places it at rank #3,431 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "internationaler Währungscode für kubanischer Peso, die Währung von Kuba".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for CUP in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cz", "Cut", "CVP", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is CUP, spelled C-U-P, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    internationaler Währungscode für kubanischer Peso, die Währung von Kuba

Frequency rank: #3,431 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "CUP"?
"CUP" is spelled C-U-P.
What does "CUP" mean?
As an abbrev, "CUP" means: internationaler Währungscode für kubanischer Peso, die Währung von Kuba
What words are commonly confused with "CUP"?
"CUP" is commonly confused with "cz", "Cut", "CVP". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "CUP" come from?
"CUP" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.