cultural anthropology
/ˌkʊltʃəɹəl ˌænθɹəˈpɑlədʒi/
"cultural-anthropology" is a 20-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cultural anthropology” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The field of anthropology that studies human behavior, culture, and social interaction; one of four commonly recognized fields of anthropology.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cultural anthropology |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkʊltʃəɹəl ˌænθɹəˈpɑlədʒi/ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cultural anthropology” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cultural anthropology is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkʊltʃəɹəl ˌænθɹəˈpɑlədʒi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The field of anthropology that studies human behavior, culture, and social interaction; one of four commonly recognized fields of anthropology.".
cultural anthropology doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is cultural anthropology, spelled C-U-L-T-U-R-A-L- -A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1The field of anthropology that studies human behavior, culture, and social interaction; one of four commonly recognized fields of anthropology.
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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.
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Using “cultural anthropology”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-U-L-T-U-R-A-L- -A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-L-O-G-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌkʊltʃəɹəl ˌænθɹəˈpɑlədʒi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.