culata

/[kuˈlat̪a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,326

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

culata is aSpanishnoun. It means: Parte posterior de un arma de fuego que se sujeta con la mano al empuñarla o se apoya sobre el hombro. Pronounced [kuˈlat̪a]. Often confused with cult and culpa.

Key facts for culata
PropertyValue
Headwordculata
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kuˈlat̪a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,326
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of culata in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for culata is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kuˈlat̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,326 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Parte posterior de un arma de fuego que se sujeta con la mano al empuñarla o se apoya sobre el hombro.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for culata, with forms such as "cculata", "cluata", and "cualta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cult", "culpa", "culto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is culata, spelled C-U-L-A-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parte posterior de un arma de fuego que se sujeta con la mano al empuñarla o se apoya sobre el hombro.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cculata,cluata,cualta,culaat,culatta,cullata,cultaa,uclata

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for culata

Misspelling Variants of "culata"

cculata7cluata6cualta6culaat6culatta7cullata7cultaa6uclata6
Misspelling Variants of "culata"

Frequency rank: #20,326 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "culata"?
"culata" is spelled C-U-L-A-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kuˈlat̪a].
What does "culata" mean?
As a noun, "culata" means: Parte posterior de un arma de fuego que se sujeta con la mano al empuñarla o se apoya sobre el hombro.
What words are commonly confused with "culata"?
"culata" is commonly confused with "cult", "culpa", "culto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "culata"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "culata" is [kuˈlat̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "culata" come from?
"culata" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.