# curt

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kɝt/ · frequency rank #23,505

## Definitions
1. Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
2. Short or concise.

## Etymology
From the Latin curtus (“shortened”). Cognate with Dutch kort, German kurz, Galician curto, French court, Italian corto, Portuguese curto, and Spanish corto. Doublet of short.

## Easily confused with
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curt-vs-cut)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curt-vs-cuz)
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curt-vs-cute)
- **cuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curt-vs-cuts)
- **cyst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curt-vs-cyst)
- **cusp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curt-vs-cusp)
- **cuss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curt-vs-cuss)
- **curve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curt-vs-curve)
- **curvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curt-vs-curvy)
- **Curtis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curt-vs-curtis)
- **Curtin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curt-vs-curtin)
- **Kurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curt-vs-kurt)
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ct-vs-curt)
- **CR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cr-vs-curt)
- **CU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cu-vs-curt)
- **car** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/car-vs-curt)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cup-vs-curt)
- **cat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cat-vs-curt)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cry-vs-curt)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cum-vs-curt)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccurt`, `crut`, `currt`, `curtt`, `cutr`, `ucrt`

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