cursar

/[kuɾˈsaɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,880

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cursar is aSpanishverb. It means: Seguir un curso o una materia. Pronounced [kuɾˈsaɾ]. Often confused with curso and curva.

Key facts for cursar
PropertyValue
Headwordcursar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kuɾˈsaɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,880
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cursar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kuɾˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,880 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for cursar, with forms such as "ccursar", "crusar", and "curasr". 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, "curso", "curva", "cursi", 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 cursar, spelled C-U-R-S-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Seguir un curso o una materia.
  2. 2
    Darle curso a un documento o una solicitud por su procedimiento particular.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccursar,crusar,curasr,currsar,cursarr,cursra,curssar,cusrar,ucrsar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cursar

Misspelling Variants of "cursar"

ccursar7crusar6curasr6currsar7cursarr7cursra6curssar7cusrar6
Misspelling Variants of "cursar"

Frequency rank: #13,880 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cursar"?
"cursar" is spelled C-U-R-S-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kuɾˈsaɾ].
What does "cursar" mean?
As a verb, "cursar" means: Seguir un curso o una materia.
What words are commonly confused with "cursar"?
"cursar" is commonly confused with "curso", "curva", "cursi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cursar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cursar" is [kuɾˈsaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cursar" come from?
"cursar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.