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# How to pronounce Cursor vs Windsurf

Both names happen to be straightforward English — "KER-ser" and "WIND-surf" — but they're the most-confused pair in AI tooling. Cursor (by Anysphere) shipped first; Windsurf (by Codeium) came later. If you're saying one when you mean the other, this is the page.

Cursor /ˈkɜːrsər/ — cur sir
Windsurf /ˈwɪndˌsɜːrf/ — wind surf

## Side-by-side

| Cursor | Windsurf
--- | --- | ---
IPA | `/ˈkɜːrsər/` | `/ˈwɪndˌsɜːrf/`
Respelling | cur sir | wind surf
Category | tool | product
Confidence | community-consensus | community-consensus

Open the full dictionary entry for sources and alternate readings: Cursor · Windsurf.

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