curseur

\kyʁ.sœʁ\

/\kyʁ.sœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“curseur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,272. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,272
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Barre de réglage de divers instruments (compas, etc.).

Corpus desk

Index FR-curseur · curseur · French

curseur · rank #25,272 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,272
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH créera

Nearest frequency peer: créera (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « curseur »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « curseur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

curseur vs cursus
71% similar
curseur vs curieux
71% similar
curseur vs coureur
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for curseur
PropertyValue
Headwordcurseur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kyʁ.sœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,272
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « curseur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).curseurse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « créera » (#25,271), « Cévennes » (#25,273), « darling » (#25,274). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « curseur » est au #25,272. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around curseur (IPA \kyʁ.sœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,272 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for curseur, with forms such as "ccurseur", "cruseur", and "curesur". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "cursus", "curieux", "coureur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is curseur, spelled C-U-R-S-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Barre de réglage de divers instruments (compas, etc.).
  2. 2
    Fil que l’on peut déplacer dans le champ d’un micromètre pour mesurer le diamètre apparent d’un astre.
  3. 3
    Pointeur de souris.
  4. 4
    Barre verticale ou rectangle indiquant la position de la frappe du clavier.
  5. 5
    Objet informatique permettant de parcourir les enregistrements d'une base de données comme un itérateur.
  6. 6
    Référence à un positionnement par rapport à un ensemble de choix, une manière de penser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how curseur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. De là, le fil va s’engager dans le curseur affectant la forme d’un étrier fendu et pouvant courir librement autour d’un anneau qui lui sert de piste.
  2. Le micromètre intérieur se place au foyer de la lunette ; il est composé d'un châssis (fig. 52) qui porte deux fils fixes qui se coupent à angles droits, un second châssis mobile porte un fil nommé curseur.

This word in other languages

cursor(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccurseur
  • cruseur
  • curesur
  • currseur
  • curseru
  • curseurr
  • cursseur
  • cursuer
  • cusreur
  • ucrseur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of curseur - 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.

ccurseur1cruseur2curesur2currseur1curseru2curseurr1cursseur1cursuer2
Edit distance from "curseur"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "curseur"?
"curseur" is spelled C-U-R-S-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kyʁ.sœʁ\.
What does "curseur" mean?
As a noun, "curseur" means: Barre de réglage de divers instruments (compas, etc.).
What words are commonly confused with "curseur"?
"curseur" is commonly confused with "cursus", "curieux", "coureur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "curseur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "curseur" is \kyʁ.sœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "curseur" come from?
"curseur" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

darling#25,274consuls#25,260décalée#25,289déposez#25,294

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

chauffée10 variantsestrade10 variantsFrankie10 variantsfrappait10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list