# criar vs cursar

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### criar
*verb · IPA [ˈkɾjaɾ] · frequency rank #12,791*
Producir algo de la nada.

### cursar
*verb · IPA [kuɾˈsaɾ] · frequency rank #13,880*
Seguir un curso o una materia.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/criar-vs-cursar