cursar
/kuɾ.ˈsaɾ/
The verdict
“cursar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,107
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seguir o curso de
Corpus desk
Index PT-cursar · cursar · Portuguese
cursar · rank #19,107 · 9 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,107
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH den
Nearest frequency peer: den (+5 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “cursar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- cursar
cursar
80,894 corpus weight
- den
den
80,889 corpus weight
- denso
denso
80,888 corpus weight
- department
department
80,887 corpus weight
- depilação
depilação
80,886 corpus weight
- desarmamento
desarmamento
80,885 corpus weight
What this shows “cursar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cursar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kuɾ.ˈsaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “cursar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around cursar (IPA /kuɾ.ˈsaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,107 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cursar, with forms such as "ccursar", "crusar", and "curasr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "curso", "curva", "curtir", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is cursar, spelled C-U-R-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1seguir o curso de
- 2realizar estudos em escola
- 3realizar um determinado curso ou etapa de ensino
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cursar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ela com as notas que tinha podia cursar a USP, cursar o ITA, cursar Harvard.
Ela cursou o ensino fundamental na mesma escola que a prima mais velha um dia cursou.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccursar
- crusar
- curasr
- currsar
- cursarr
- cursra
- curssar
- cusrar
- ucrsar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cursar - 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.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cursar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).