# curd

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɜː(ɹ)d/ · frequency rank #31,942

## Definitions
1. The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.
2. Dahi.
3. The coagulated part of any liquid.
4. The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants.

## Etymology
From Middle English curd, a metathetic variant of crud, crudde (“coagulated substance”). Doublet of crud.

## Easily confused with
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-cut)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-cuz)
- **CVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-cvd)
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-cute)
- **cuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-cuts)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-cure)
- **curl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-curl)
- **curt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-curt)
- **cusp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-cusp)
- **cuss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-cuss)
- **curve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-curve)
- **curse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-curse)
- **curry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-curry)
- **cured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-cured)
- **curly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-curly)
- **curvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-curvy)
- **curie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-curie)
- **curia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-curia)
- **curved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-curved)
- **cursed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-cursed)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ccurd`, `cudr`, `curdd`, `currd`, `ucrd`

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