# cuss

> English word · Verb · IPA /kʌs/ · frequency rank #35,674

## Definitions
1. To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.

## Etymology
An American English variant of curse; for a similar phonetic development, compare ass (“buttocks”), from arse, in which the r was originally pronounced (as in curse).

## Easily confused with
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuss-vs-cut)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuss-vs-cuz)
- **CVS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuss-vs-cvs)
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuss-vs-cute)
- **cuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuss-vs-cuts)
- **cyst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuss-vs-cyst)
- **cysts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuss-vs-cysts)
- **cs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cs-vs-cuss)
- **CU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cu-vs-cuss)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cup-vs-cuss)
- **CBS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cbs-vs-cuss)
- **cos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cos-vs-cuss)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cum-vs-cuss)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cuss)
- **CDs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cds-vs-cuss)
- **cis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cis-vs-cuss)
- **cas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cas-vs-cuss)
- **Cub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cub-vs-cuss)
- **CSS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cuss)
- **CPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cps-vs-cuss)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ccuss`, `csus`, `cus`, `ucss`

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