Kurs

/[kʊʁs]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,894

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Kurs is aGermannoun. It means: eine eingeschlagene, vorgeschriebene oder aufgezeichnete Richtung einer Person, eines Fahrzeuges, eines Flugzeugs oder eines Schiffes Pronounced [kʊʁs]. It ranks #1,894 in German word frequency. Often confused with kurz and Kurt.

Key facts for Kurs
PropertyValue
HeadwordKurs
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kʊʁs]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,894
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kurs is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kʊʁs]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,894 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Kurs, with forms such as "kkurs", "krus", and "kurrs". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kurz", "Kurt", "Kuss", 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 Kurs, spelled K-U-R-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine eingeschlagene, vorgeschriebene oder aufgezeichnete Richtung einer Person, eines Fahrzeuges, eines Flugzeugs oder eines Schiffes
  2. 2
    nach bestimmten Prinzipien festgelegte Richtung, Generallinie
  3. 3
    eine Lehrveranstaltung, eine Bildungsveranstaltung, ein Abschnitt oder Modul einer solchen Veranstaltung
  4. 4
    Handelspreis eines Wertpapieres
  5. 5
    Wertverhältnis von Währungen
  6. 6
    Wert eines Zahlungsmittels in einer Transaktion

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: kkurs,krus,kurrs,kurss,kusr,ukrs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Kurs

Misspelling Variants of "Kurs"

kkurs5krus4kurrs5kurss5kusr4ukrs4
Misspelling Variants of "Kurs"

Frequency rank: #1,894 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kurs"?
"Kurs" is spelled K-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kʊʁs].
What does "Kurs" mean?
As a noun, "Kurs" means: eine eingeschlagene, vorgeschriebene oder aufgezeichnete Richtung einer Person, eines Fahrzeuges, eines Flugzeugs oder eines Schiffes
What words are commonly confused with "Kurs"?
"Kurs" is commonly confused with "kurz", "Kurt", "Kuss". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kurs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kurs" is [kʊʁs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kurs" come from?
"Kurs" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter K in our German index:

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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.