# culpable

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkʌlpəbəl/ · frequency rank #33,193

## Definitions
1. Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.

## Etymology
From Middle English culpable, from Old French culpable, from Latin culpābilis (“blameworthy”), from culpō (“to blame, condemn”), from culpa (“a fault, crime, mistake”). Compare also culprit.

## Easily confused with
- **curable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culpable-vs-curable)
- **capable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/capable-vs-culpable)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cculpable`, `clupable`, `culapble`, `cullpable`, `culpabble`, `culpabel`, `culpablle`, `culpalbe`, `culpbale`, `culpible`, `culppable`, `cuplable`, `uclpable`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/culpable