# Kurt

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /kɝt/ · frequency rank #8,566

## Definitions
1. A male given name from the Germanic languages borrowed from German, a contracted form of Konrad.

## Etymology
From German Kurt.

## Easily confused with
- **kush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kurt-vs-kush)
- **Kyra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kurt-vs-kyra)
- **Ku** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ku-vs-kurt)
- **KT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kt-vs-kurt)
- **kit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kit-vs-kurt)
- **kat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kat-vs-kurt)
- **kun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kun-vs-kurt)
- **kar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kar-vs-kurt)
- **kmt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kmt-vs-kurt)
- **KKR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kkr-vs-kurt)
- **kor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kor-vs-kurt)
- **Kuo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kuo-vs-kurt)
- **ker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ker-vs-kurt)
- **kept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kept-vs-kurt)
- **Kent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kurt)
- **Karl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karl-vs-kurt)
- **kirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kirk-vs-kurt)
- **knot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knot-vs-kurt)
- **knit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-kurt)
- **Kerr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerr-vs-kurt)

## Common misspellings (6)
`kkurt`, `krut`, `kurrt`, `kurtt`, `kutr`, `ukrt`

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