cura

[ˈkuɾa]

/[ˈkuɾa]/ noun

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The verdict

“cura” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,874. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,874
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de cuidar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cura · cura · Spanish

cura · rank #2,874 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,874
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cumple

Nearest frequency peer: cumple (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “cura”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “cura” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cura vs cut
50% similar
cura vs cuyo
50% similar
cura vs cuya
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Dónde se sitúa “cura” en la frecuencia del español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).curacae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cumple” (#2,873), “cursos” (#2,875), “descanso” (#2,876). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cura (IPA [ˈkuɾa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,874 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cura, with forms such as "ccura", "crua", and "cuar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cura, spelled C-U-R-A.

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

cuidadosolicitudcuraduríacuraciónterapiatratamientoabacateaguacateavocadopaltapetro

This word in other languages

curate(English)curé(Français)Pfarrer(Deutsch)cura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccura
  • crua
  • cuar
  • curra
  • ucra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cura - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccura1crua2cuar2curra1ucra2
Edit distance from "cura"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cura", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gira#2,885pedo#2,896tuya#2,850raíz#2,901

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

audio5 variantsdedo5 variantsmuro5 variantsputo5 variants

What to do next

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  • "cura" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "cut". View pair
  • 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #2,874 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more Spanish words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse

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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