culmina

/[kulˈmina]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,686

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

culmina is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de culminar. Pronounced [kulˈmina]. Often confused with Cumaná and culona.

Key facts for culmina
PropertyValue
Headwordculmina
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kulˈmina]
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,686
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for culmina is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kulˈmina]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,686 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for culmina, with forms such as "cculmina", "clumina", and "culimna". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Cumaná", "culona", "cultiva", 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 culmina, spelled C-U-L-M-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de culminar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de culminar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cculmina,clumina,culimna,cullmina,culmian,culminna,culmmina,culmnia,cumlina,uclmina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for culmina

Misspelling Variants of "culmina"

cculmina8clumina7culimna7cullmina8culmian7culminna8culmmina8culmnia7
Misspelling Variants of "culmina"

Frequency rank: #19,686 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "culmina"?
"culmina" is spelled C-U-L-M-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kulˈmina].
What does "culmina" mean?
As a verb, "culmina" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de culminar.
What words are commonly confused with "culmina"?
"culmina" is commonly confused with "Cumaná", "culona", "cultiva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "culmina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "culmina" is [kulˈmina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "culmina" come from?
"culmina" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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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.