# curses

> English word · Interjection · IPA /ˈkɝsɪz/ · frequency rank #21,484

## Definitions
1. Expression of annoyance or frustration.

## Easily confused with
- **cuss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curses-vs-cuss)
- **curve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curses-vs-curve)
- **Curtis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curses-vs-curtis)
- **curves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curses-vs-curves)
- **curved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curses-vs-curved)
- **cursor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curses-vs-cursor)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-curses)
- **cues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cues-vs-curses)
- **cases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cases-vs-curses)
- **cares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cares-vs-curses)
- **curse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curse-vs-curses)
- **cries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cries-vs-curses)
- **cured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cured-vs-curses)
- **cores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cores-vs-curses)
- **cubes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cubes-vs-curses)
- **curie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curie-vs-curses)
- **Ceres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceres-vs-curses)
- **course** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/course-vs-curses)
- **causes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causes-vs-curses)
- **closes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-curses)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccurses`, `cruses`, `curess`, `currses`, `cursess`, `cursses`, `cusres`, `ucrses`

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