# Curley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #45,308

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

## Etymology
Reduced form of McCurley.

## Easily confused with
- **curve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curley-vs-curve)
- **curse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curley-vs-curse)
- **curry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curley-vs-curry)
- **curly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curley-vs-curly)
- **curvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curley-vs-curvy)
- **curves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curley-vs-curves)
- **curved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curley-vs-curved)
- **cursed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curley-vs-cursed)
- **cutler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curley-vs-cutler)
- **curses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curley-vs-curses)
- **cutlery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curley-vs-cutlery)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-curley)
- **curl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curl-vs-curley)
- **cured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curley)
- **Carey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-curley)
- **Corey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-curley)
- **Carly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carly-vs-curley)
- **curie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curie-vs-curley)
- **curfew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curfew-vs-curley)
- **Cullen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cullen-vs-curley)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccurley`, `cruley`, `culrey`, `curely`, `curleyy`, `curlley`, `curlye`, `currley`, `ucrley`

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