CUP

abbrev

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The verdict

“CUP” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,431) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,431
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - internationaler Währungscode für kubanischer Peso, die Währung von Kuba

Corpus desk

Index DE-cup · CUP · German

CUP · rank #3,431 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,431
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH cent

Nearest frequency peer: cent (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „CUP“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „CUP“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

CUP vs cz
0% similar
CUP vs Cut
33% similar
CUP vs CVP
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „CUP“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.CUPliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „cent“ (#3,430), „diverse“ (#3,432), „breiten“ (#3,429). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „CUP“ bei #3,431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for CUP is neighbouring look-alikes ("cz", "Cut", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation. Frequency #3,431 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Gloss: "internationaler Währungscode für kubanischer Peso, die Währung von Kuba".

CUP has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cz", "Cut", "CVP", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is CUP, spelled C-U-P.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how CUP appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 1 CUP = 100 Centavos

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "CUP"?
"CUP" is spelled C-U-P.
What does "CUP" mean?
As an abbreviation, "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "CUP", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ÖVP#3,415Pkw#3,474dpa#3,366Bio#3,361

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list