cursar
[kuɾˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“cursar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #13,880. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,880
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seguir un curso o una materia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cursar · cursar · Spanish
cursar · rank #13,880 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,880
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH currículum
Nearest frequency peer: currículum (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cursar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- cross
cross
86,124 corpus weight
- crueles
crueles
86,123 corpus weight
- currículum
currículum
86,122 corpus weight
- cursar
cursar
86,121 corpus weight
- decencia
decencia
86,120 corpus weight
- decidida
decidida
86,119 corpus weight
What this shows “cursar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cursar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kuɾˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cursar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around cursar (IPA [kuɾˈsaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,880 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cursar, with forms such as "ccursar", "crusar", and "curasr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cursar, spelled C-U-R-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Seguir un curso o una materia.
- 2Darle curso a un documento o una solicitud por su procedimiento particular.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cursar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No cursaban todos el mismo año, y aunque se reunían en la cátedra de Camús, separábanse en la de Derecho Romano: el chico de Santa Cruz era discípulo de Novar, y Villalonga de Coronado.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccursar
- crusar
- curasr
- currsar
- cursarr
- cursra
- curssar
- cusrar
- ucrsar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cursar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cursar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).