cupo

[ˈkupo]

/[ˈkupo]/ noun

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The verdict

“cupo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,966
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lugar disponible en un vehículo, local o institución.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cupo · cupo · Spanish

cupo · rank #9,966 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,966
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH debidamente

Nearest frequency peer: debidamente (+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 “cupo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “cupo” 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).

cupo vs cut
50% similar
cupo vs cuyo
75% similar
cupo vs cuya
50% similar

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

Key facts for cupo
PropertyValue
Headwordcupo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkupo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#9,966
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cupo”

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

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “debidamente” (#9,967), “coordinadora” (#9,964), “della” (#9,968). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cupo” va en #9,966. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cupo (IPA [ˈkupo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,966 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cupo, with forms such as "ccupo", "cpuo", and "cuop". 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, "cut", "cuyo", "cuya", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cupo, spelled C-U-P-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lugar disponible en un vehículo, local o institución.
  2. 2
    Espacio disponible.
  3. 3
    Porción, parte, pedazo de algo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. No haber más cupos en un instituto.
  2. Encontrar cupo para un par de regalos en la maleta.

Synonyms

asientoplazacabidacuotaparte

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccupo
  • cpuo
  • cuop
  • cuppo
  • ucpo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cupo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccupo1cpuo2cuop2cuppo1ucpo2
Edit distance from "cupo"

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 "cupo"?
"cupo" is spelled C-U-P-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkupo].
What does "cupo" mean?
As a noun, "cupo" means: Lugar disponible en un vehículo, local o institución.
What words are commonly confused with "cupo"?
"cupo" is commonly confused with "cut", "cuyo", "cuya". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cupo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cupo" is [ˈkupo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cupo" come from?
"cupo" 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 "cupo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

codo#9,958cera#9,952call#9,946bell#9,941

Similar misspelling depth

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

yoga5 variantsmeto5 variantspana5 variantspart5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list