cus

[ˈkus]

/[ˈkus]/ noun

The verdict

“cus” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,245 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,245
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de cu.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cus · cus · Spanish

cus · rank #76,245 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,245
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH curará

Nearest frequency peer: curará (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cus”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cus” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cus
PropertyValue
Headwordcus
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkus]
Letters3
Frequency rank#76,245
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cus” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.cuscae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “curará” (#76,244), “côte” (#76,246), “culpamos” (#76,242). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cus” va en #76,245. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cus is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,245 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkus]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de cu.".

cus has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 cus, spelled C-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de cu.

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 "cus"?
"cus" is spelled C-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkus].
What does "cus" mean?
As a noun, "cus" means: Forma del plural de cu.
How do you pronounce "cus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cus" is [ˈkus]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cus" come from?
"cus" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list