# cured

> English word · Verb · IPA /kjʊəd/ · frequency rank #10,524

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of cure

## Easily confused with
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-cute)
- **curl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curl)
- **curt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curt)
- **curve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curve)
- **curse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curse)
- **curry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curry)
- **curly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curly)
- **curvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curvy)
- **curie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curie)
- **curia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curia)
- **curves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curves)
- **curved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curved)
- **cursed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-cursed)
- **curfew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curfew)
- **curled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curled)
- **curses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curses)
- **Curley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curley)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cured)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cur-vs-cured)
- **care** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/care-vs-cured)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ccured`, `cuerd`, `curedd`, `curred`, `ucred`

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