# Cui

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #39,761

## Definitions
1. A surname from Mandarin.

## Etymology
Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 崔 (cuī). Doublet of Chui.

## Easily confused with
- **CV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cv)
- **CW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cw)
- **CX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cx)
- **cz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cz)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cut)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cup)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cum)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cuz)
- **CVS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cvs)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cur)
- **CVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cvd)
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cute)
- **cuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cuts)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cure)
- **cups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cups)
- **cult** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cult)
- **cunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cunt)
- **curb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-curb)
- **curl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-curl)
- **curt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-curt)

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