cussed

/kʌst/

//kʌst// verb

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"cussed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cussed” is an uncommon English word, ranked #61,398 in English word frequency and used as a verb.

#61,398
frequency rank, English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of cuss

Key facts for cussed
PropertyValue
Headwordcussed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kʌst/
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,398
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cussed” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cussed lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for cussed is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kʌst/. Corpus data places it at rank #61,398 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "simple past and past participle of cuss".

No generated misspelling entries exist for cussed in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is cussed, spelled C-U-S-S-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of cuss

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cussed"?
"cussed" is spelled C-U-S-S-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /kʌst/.
What does "cussed" mean?
As a verb, "cussed" means: simple past and past participle of cuss
How do you pronounce "cussed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cussed" is /kʌst/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cussed" come from?
"cussed" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “cussed”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-U-S-S-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /kʌst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list