cursivo
[kuɾˈsiβ̞o]
The verdict
“cursivo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice de la letra manuscrita que lleva las letras unidas para escribir rápidamente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cursivo · cursivo · Spanish
cursivo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cursivo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kuɾˈsiβ̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cursivo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cursivo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kuɾˈsiβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cursivo has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 cursivo, spelled C-U-R-S-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1Se dice de la letra manuscrita que lleva las letras unidas para escribir rápidamente.
- 2Se dice del tipo de letra inclinada hacia la derecha imitando la manuscrita.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.