culo

[ˈkulo]

/[ˈkulo]/ noun

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The verdict

“culo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,474. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,474
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conjunto de la musculatura de la parte posterior de la cadera.

Corpus desk

Index ES-culo · culo · Spanish

culo · rank #1,474 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,474
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH correo

Nearest frequency peer: correo (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “culo”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “culo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

culo vs cup
50% similar
culo vs cum
50% similar
culo vs cut
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for culo
PropertyValue
Headwordculo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkulo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,474
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “culo”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).culocae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “correo” (#1,473), “cuya” (#1,475), “contexto” (#1,472). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “culo” va en #1,474. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around culo (IPA [ˈkulo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,474 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for culo, with forms such as "cculo", "cluo", and "cullo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cup", "cum", "cut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is culo, spelled C-U-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunto de la musculatura de la parte posterior de la cadera.
  2. 2
    Por metonimia, extremo terminal del tubo digestivo, constituido por un esfínter voluntario recubierto de mucosa, siendo una abertura a través de la cual las heces salen del cuerpo.
  3. 3
    Por analogía, conjunto de la musculatura de las ancas de los cuadrúpedos.
  4. 4
    Extremo posterior o basal de un objeto.
  5. 5
    Pequeña cantidad de líquido que queda en un recipiente.
  6. 6
    Cara plana de la taba.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how culo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. puta vieja, beuda y loca, que fazéis los vinos caros, eso me da de besaros en el culo que en la boca.
  2. Vos pedáis tan por compás, salbo honor del consonante, que no pesa un grano más vuestro culo cara tras que vuestras tetas delante.

Synonyms

potoconchoposo

This word in other languages

ass(English)cul(Français)Arsch(Deutsch)cu(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cculo
  • cluo
  • cullo
  • cuol
  • uclo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of culo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cculo1cluo2cullo1cuol2uclo2
Edit distance from "culo"

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 "culo"?
"culo" is spelled C-U-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkulo].
What does "culo" mean?
As a noun, "culo" means: Conjunto de la musculatura de la parte posterior de la cadera.
What words are commonly confused with "culo"?
"culo" is commonly confused with "cup", "cum", "cut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "culo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "culo" is [ˈkulo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "culo" come from?
"culo" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cuya#1,475cita#1,470anda#1,466pies#1,492

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

villa5 variantscalor5 variantspide5 variantspiso5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list