cuplé
[kuˈple]
The verdict
“cuplé” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,294 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,294
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pieza musical popular, habitualmente de tono picaresco y a veces político, que se cantaba como parte de los espectáculos de varietés en la España de fines del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuplé |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kuˈple] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #98,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuplé” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cuplé is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,294 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kuˈple]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cuplé, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cuplé, spelled C-U-P-L-É.
Definition
- 1Pieza musical popular, habitualmente de tono picaresco y a veces político, que se cantaba como parte de los espectáculos de varietés en la España de fines del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX
- 2Pieza musical, del mismo tenor que el antiguo cuplé₁, que forma parte del repertorio de las agrupaciones musicales propias del carnaval de múltiples lugares de España.
Synonyms
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 “cuplé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-P-L-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kuˈple] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.