# sculpture

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/ · frequency rank #8,087

## Definitions
1. A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
2. More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques.
3. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
4. The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
5. A printed picture, such as an engraving.

## Etymology
From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).

## Easily confused with
- **sculptor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sculptor-vs-sculpture)
- **Scripture** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scripture-vs-sculpture)
- **sculptural** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sculptural-vs-sculpture)

## Common misspellings (14)
`csulpture`, `scculpture`, `sclupture`, `scullpture`, `sculppture`, `sculptrue`, `sculptture`, `sculptuer`, `sculpturre`, `sculputre`, `scultpure`, `scuplture`, `ssculpture`, `suclpture`

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