# curve

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kɜːv/ · frequency rank #5,671

## Definitions
1. Bent without angles; crooked; curved.

## Etymology
Attested since the 1690s, from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, curve, turn”) + *-wós. Doublet of curb, shrink, carcer, and cancer.

## Easily confused with
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curve-vs-cute)
- **cutie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curve-vs-cutie)
- **curvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curve-vs-curvy)
- **curves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curve-vs-curves)
- **curved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curve-vs-curved)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-curve)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cur-vs-curve)
- **care** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/care-vs-curve)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/core-vs-curve)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-curve)
- **cave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cave-vs-curve)
- **cube** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-curve)
- **curb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curb-vs-curve)
- **cove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cove-vs-curve)
- **curl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curl-vs-curve)
- **curt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curt-vs-curve)
- **Cree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cree-vs-curve)
- **curd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curd-vs-curve)
- **curse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curse-vs-curve)
- **curry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curry-vs-curve)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccurve`, `cruve`, `curev`, `currve`, `curvve`, `cuvre`, `ucrve`

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