culto

/[ˈkul̪t̪o]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,769

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

culto is anSpanishadj. It means: Que tiene instrucción o cultura. Que ha leído y conoce información a fondo sobre muchos temas. Pronounced [ˈkul̪t̪o]. It ranks #3,769 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cut and cuyo.

Key facts for culto
PropertyValue
Headwordculto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈkul̪t̪o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,769
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for culto is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkul̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,769 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 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for culto, with forms such as "cculto", "cluto", and "cullto". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cut", "cuyo", "cupo", 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 culto, spelled C-U-L-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que tiene instrucción o cultura. Que ha leído y conoce información a fondo sobre muchos temas.
  2. 2
    Se dice de las tierras o las plantas cultivadas, es decir, que se siembran y hacen producir para beneficio humano.
  3. 3
    Se aplicaba a quienes practicaban el culteranismo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cculto,cluto,cullto,culot,cultto,cutlo,uclto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for culto

Misspelling Variants of "culto"

cculto6cluto5cullto6culot5cultto6cutlo5uclto5
Misspelling Variants of "culto"

Frequency rank: #3,769 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "culto"?
"culto" is spelled C-U-L-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkul̪t̪o].
What does "culto" mean?
As an adj, "culto" means: Que tiene instrucción o cultura. Que ha leído y conoce información a fondo sobre muchos temas.
What words are commonly confused with "culto"?
"culto" is commonly confused with "cut", "cuyo", "cupo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "culto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "culto" is [ˈkul̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "culto" come from?
"culto" 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.