# coursing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #42,073

## Definitions
1. The sport of chasing wild animals, especially hares, with dogs by sight rather than by scent.

## Easily confused with
- **cousin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coursing-vs-cousin)
- **curing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coursing-vs-curing)
- **cousins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coursing-vs-cousins)
- **curling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coursing-vs-curling)
- **cursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coursing-vs-cursing)
- **curving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coursing-vs-curving)
- **cussing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coursing-vs-cussing)
- **cruising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coursing-vs-cruising)
- **causing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-coursing)
- **counting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/counting-vs-coursing)
- **coupling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coupling-vs-coursing)
- **coughing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coughing-vs-coursing)
- **churning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/churning-vs-coursing)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccoursing`, `corusing`, `courisng`, `courrsing`, `coursign`, `coursingg`, `coursinng`, `coursnig`, `courssing`, `cousring`, `cuorsing`, `ocursing`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/coursing