cura

/[ˈkuɾa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,874

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cura is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de cuidar. Pronounced [ˈkuɾa]. It ranks #2,874 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cut and cuyo.

Key facts for cura
PropertyValue
Headwordcura
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkuɾa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,874
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cura in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cura is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkuɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,874 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for cura, with forms such as "ccura", "crua", and "cuar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cut", "cuyo", "cuya", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cura, spelled C-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de cuidar.
  2. 2
    Condición o carácter de curador.
  3. 3
    Acción o efecto de curar.
  4. 4
    Conjunto de fármacos y procedimientos que se prescriben para curar o aliviar una dolencia.
  5. 5
    Acción o efecto de emborracharse.
  6. 6
    Fruto comestible del palto (Persea americana), una baya piriforme, cubierta por una cáscara verde, dura y áspera, que protege una pulpa verdeamarillenta, comestible, muy rica en lípidos, con una única semilla de hasta 5 cm de diámetro en su interior.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccura,crua,cuar,curra,ucra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cura

Misspelling Variants of "cura"

ccura5crua4cuar4curra5ucra4
Misspelling Variants of "cura"

Frequency rank: #2,874 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cura"?
"cura" is spelled C-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkuɾa].
What does "cura" mean?
As a noun, "cura" means: Acción o efecto de cuidar.
What words are commonly confused with "cura"?
"cura" is commonly confused with "cut", "cuyo", "cuya". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cura" is [ˈkuɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cura" come from?
"cura" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.