cursi
[ˈkuɾsi]
The verdict
“cursi” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #21,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,627
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pretende elegancia, distinción o refinamiento sin poseerlo verdaderamente, resultando ridículo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cursi · cursi · Spanish
cursi · rank #21,627 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,627
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH culture
Nearest frequency peer: culture (-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 “cursi”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- cuestionó
cuestionó
78,377 corpus weight
- cuidad
cuidad
78,376 corpus weight
- culture
culture
78,375 corpus weight
- cursi
cursi
78,374 corpus weight
- cía
cía
78,373 corpus weight
- debilitado
debilitado
78,372 corpus weight
What this shows “cursi” 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 | cursi |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkuɾsi] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cursi”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around cursi (IPA [ˈkuɾsi]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,627 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cursi, with forms such as "ccursi", "crusi", and "curci". 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, "curt", "curso", "curva", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is cursi, spelled C-U-R-S-I.
Definition
- 1Que pretende elegancia, distinción o refinamiento sin poseerlo verdaderamente, resultando ridículo.
- 2Por extensión, cosa de mal gusto o de mala calidad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cursi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El tipo que nos ocupa —el cursi—, donde abunda es en esa clase desgraciada que está entre el obrero y el aristócrata, entre el capitalista y el mendigo. Esa clase que es pobre y gasta como los ricos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccursi
- crusi
- curci
- curis
- currsi
- curssi
- cusri
- ucrsi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cursi - 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 "cursi", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).