cursor
/ˈkɜɹsəɹ/noun, verb
cursor is spelled C-U-R-S-O-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cursor means “A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cursor is cursors.
How many letters and syllables are in cursor?
| Letters | 6: C-U-R-S-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 25,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 cursor?
Cursor appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st 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 cursor?
- UK /ˈkɜːsə/
- UK [ˈkʰɜːsə]
- US /ˈkɜɹsəɹ/
Cursor has 2 syllables (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-cursor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cursor?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cursor from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹsəɹ/):
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 cursor
- cursors plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- cursoring participle, present
- cursored participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cursor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
- 2
A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device.
- 3
An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
- 4
A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
- 5
A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.
verb
- 1
To navigate by means of the cursor keys.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cursor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | curseur |
| German | Cursor, Läufer , Mauszeiger , Schreibmarke |
| Portuguese | cursor , ponteiro |
| Spanish | cursor , puntero |
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 cursor come from?
Borrowed from Latin cursor (“runner”), from currō (“run”) + -or (agentive suffix). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).