Curia

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The verdict

“Curia” is uncommon German (frequency #98,283 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,283
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einteilung der patrizischen Geschlechter

Corpus desk

Index DE-curia · Curia · German

Curia · rank #98,283 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,283
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH crowdsourcing

Nearest frequency peer: crowdsourcing (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Curia“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Curia“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Curia
PropertyValue
HeadwordCuria
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#98,283
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Curia“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Curiafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „crowdsourcing“ (#98,282), „Dachziegeln“ (#98,285), „Crashtest“ (#98,280). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Curia“ bei #98,283. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Curia is uncommon German at frequency #98,283 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Curia in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Curia, spelled C-U-R-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Einteilung der patrizischen Geschlechter
  2. 2
    Versammlungsgebäude des römischen Senats und ähnlicher Gremien in römischen Städten

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Zunächst veranlasst Octavian, das Caesarforum und die mit diesem verbundene Curia, den Sitzungssaal des Senats, zu Ende zu bauen.“

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 "Curia"?
"Curia" is spelled C-U-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Curia" mean?
As a noun, "Curia" means: Einteilung der patrizischen Geschlechter
How do you pronounce "Curia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Curia" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Curia" come from?
"Curia" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

depth#98,295dudek#98,324dulce#98,325broda#98,231

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list