kuru
\ky.ʁy\
The verdict
“kuru” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maladie à prions, découverte en Nouvelle-Guinée au début du XXᵉ siècle
Corpus desk
Index FR-kuru · kuru · French
kuru · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | kuru |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ky.ʁy\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kuru » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kuru is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ky.ʁy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maladie à prions, découverte en Nouvelle-Guinée au début du XXᵉ siècle".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kuru, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is kuru, spelled K-U-R-U.
Definition
- 1Maladie à prions, découverte en Nouvelle-Guinée au début du XXᵉ siècle
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kuru appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On a démontré que le matériel cérébral venant de patients atteints de kuru et de la maladie de Creutzfeldt-Jakob avait produit des maladies semblables après injection à des chimpanzés.
This word in other languages
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.