culpable

/[kulˈpaβ̞le]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,923

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

culpable is anSpanishadj. It means: Se dice de la persona de la cual se sabe que ha cometido una falta moral o legal. Pronounced [kulˈpaβ̞le]. It ranks #2,923 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with culpables.

Key facts for culpable
PropertyValue
Headwordculpable
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[kulˈpaβ̞le]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,923
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for culpable is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kulˈpaβ̞le]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,923 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for culpable, with forms such as "cculpable", "clupable", and "culapble". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "culpables", 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 culpable, spelled C-U-L-P-A-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dice de la persona de la cual se sabe que ha cometido una falta moral o legal.
  2. 2
    Atenazado por sentimientos de culpa, fundados o no.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, responsable de algún hecho negativo o aciago.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cculpable,clupable,culapble,cullpable,culpabble,culpabel,culpablle,culpalbe,culpavle,culpbale,culppable,cuplable,uclpable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for culpable

Misspelling Variants of "culpable"

cculpable9clupable8culapble8cullpable9culpabble9culpabel8culpablle9culpalbe8
Misspelling Variants of "culpable"

Frequency rank: #2,923 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "culpable"?
"culpable" is spelled C-U-L-P-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kulˈpaβ̞le].
What does "culpable" mean?
As an adj, "culpable" means: Se dice de la persona de la cual se sabe que ha cometido una falta moral o legal.
What words are commonly confused with "culpable"?
"culpable" is commonly confused with "culpables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "culpable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "culpable" is [kulˈpaβ̞le]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "culpable" come from?
"culpable" 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.