culo
[ˈkulo]
The verdict
“culo” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,474 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,474
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto de la musculatura de la parte posterior de la cadera.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | culo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkulo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “culo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for culo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkulo]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,474 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Conjunto de la musculatura de la parte posterior de la cadera.
- 2Por 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.
- 3Por analogía, conjunto de la musculatura de las ancas de los cuadrúpedos.
- 4Extremo posterior o basal de un objeto.
- 5Pequeña cantidad de líquido que queda en un recipiente.
- 6Cara plana de la taba.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “culo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkulo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cup” - see the side-by-side comparison. culo vs cup
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.