culi
[ˈkuli]
The verdict
“culi” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trabajador asiático sin experiencia, usualmente de descendencia china o india; obrero.
Corpus desk
Index ES-culi · culi · Spanish
culi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | culi |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkuli] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “culi” en español
Rare enough to double-check
culi is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkuli]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Trabajador asiático sin experiencia, usualmente de descendencia china o india; obrero.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for culi, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is culi, spelled C-U-L-I.
Definition
- 1Trabajador asiático sin experiencia, usualmente de descendencia china o india; obrero.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how culi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cualquier potencia que controle África ecuatorial, los países de Oriente Medio, el sur de la India o el archipiélago indonesio dispone también de decenas o centenares de millones de culis trabajadores y mal pagados.
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.