cópula

[ˈkopula]

/[ˈkopula]/ noun

The verdict

“cópula” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,462 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,462
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unión del predicado con el sujeto.

Corpus desk

Index ES-copula · cópula · Spanish

cópula · rank #68,462 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,462
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cíclicos

Nearest frequency peer: cíclicos (-1 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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cópula”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cópula” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cópula
PropertyValue
Headwordcópula
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkopula]
Letters6
Frequency rank#68,462
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cópula” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).cópulacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “cíclicos” (#68,461), “cíclicas” (#68,460), “dalla” (#68,464). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cópula” va en #68,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cópula is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,462 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkopula]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unión del predicado con el sujeto.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cópula, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cópula, spelled C-Ó-P-U-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unión del predicado con el sujeto.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cópula"?
"cópula" is spelled C-Ó-P-U-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkopula].
What does "cópula" mean?
As a noun, "cópula" means: Unión del predicado con el sujeto.
How do you pronounce "cópula"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cópula" is [ˈkopula]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cópula" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cópula", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list