Cursor
[ˈkœːɐ̯zɐ]
The verdict
“Cursor” is uncommon German (frequency #66,104 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,104
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Visualisierung der aktuellen Position, an der Text oder andere Eingaben eingefügt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-cursor · Cursor · German
Cursor · rank #66,104 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,104
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Cupcake
Nearest frequency peer: Cupcake (-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 „Cursor“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- courts
courts
33,901 corpus weight
- cremig
cremig
33,900 corpus weight
- Cupcake
Cupcake
33,898 corpus weight
- Cursor
Cursor
33,897 corpus weight
- Céline
Céline
33,896 corpus weight
- Dachfenster
Dachfenster
33,895 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Cursor“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cursor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkœːɐ̯zɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Cursor“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Cursor is uncommon German at frequency #66,104 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkœːɐ̯zɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Visualisierung der aktuellen Position, an der Text oder andere Eingaben eingefügt werden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Cursor in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Cursor, spelled C-U-R-S-O-R.
Definition
- 1Visualisierung der aktuellen Position, an der Text oder andere Eingaben eingefügt werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Cursor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
MS-DOS hatte einen Unterstrich als Cursor.
„Ich hatte gestern sogar auf dem Bildschirm des Laptops den Cursor geschlagen, weil ich dachte, es sei eine Mücke.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).