# Cupid

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkjuːpɪd/ · frequency rank #22,338

## Definitions
1. The god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a putto (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros.
2. Sudden love or desire; the personification of falling in love.
3. A moon of Uranus.
4. The sixth reindeer of Santa Claus.

## Etymology
From Latin Cupīdō, personification of cupīdō (“desire, desire of love”), from cupidus (“eager, greedy, passionate”), from cupiō (“to desire”).

## Easily confused with
- **cups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cupid-vs-cups)
- **curd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cupid-vs-curd)
- **cured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cupid-vs-cured)
- **cutie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cupid-vs-cutie)
- **curie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cupid-vs-curie)
- **cuppa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cupid-vs-cuppa)
- **curia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cupid-vs-curia)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cup-vs-cupid)
- **CPI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cpi-vs-cupid)
- **CID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cid-vs-cupid)
- **CPD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cpd-vs-cupid)
- **Cui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cui-vs-cupid)
- **COVID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/covid-vs-cupid)
- **cubic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cubic-vs-cupid)
- **cumin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cumin-vs-cupid)
- **coped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coped-vs-cupid)
- **copied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copied-vs-cupid)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccupid`, `cpuid`, `cuipd`, `cupdi`, `cupidd`, `cuppid`, `ucpid`

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