curd
/kɜː(ɹ)d/noun, verb
curd is spelled C-U-R-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, curd means “The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of curd is curds.
How many letters and syllables are in curd?
| Letters | 4: C-U-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,974th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is curd?
Curd appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce curd?
- /kɜː(ɹ)d/
Curd has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-curd.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with curd
Sounds like: Kurd (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with curd?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as curd.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: crud.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of curd
- curds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- curding participle, present
- curded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does curd mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.
- 2
IndiaDahi.
- 3
A solid piece of coagulated scrambled egg.
- 4
The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants.
verb
- 1
To form curd; to curdle.
- 2
To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Curd in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense part of milk that coagulates:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does curd come from?
From Middle English curd, a metathetic variant of crud, crudde (“coagulated substance”). Doublet of crud.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).