disculpa
[d̪isˈkulpa]
The verdict
“disculpa” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,506. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,506
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Argumento con el que se intenta negar o quitar importancia a una culpa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-disculpa · disculpa · Spanish
disculpa · rank #4,506 · 12 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,506
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH diaria
Nearest frequency peer: diaria (-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 “disculpa”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- descubrió
descubrió
95,498 corpus weight
- destinado
destinado
95,497 corpus weight
- diaria
diaria
95,496 corpus weight
- disculpa
disculpa
95,495 corpus weight
- docentes
docentes
95,494 corpus weight
- embarazada
embarazada
95,493 corpus weight
What this shows “disculpa” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | disculpa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪isˈkulpa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “disculpa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around disculpa (IPA [d̪isˈkulpa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,506 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for disculpa, with forms such as "ddisculpa", "dicsulpa", and "discculpa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "discuta", "disculpe", "disculpo", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is disculpa, spelled D-I-S-C-U-L-P-A.
Definition
- 1Argumento con el que se intenta negar o quitar importancia a una culpa.
- 2La razón y causa que se da para excusarse.
- 3Pretexto, achaque para cubrir el expediente.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddisculpa
- dicsulpa
- discculpa
- disclupa
- disculap
- discullpa
- disculppa
- discupla
- dissculpa
- disuclpa
- dsiculpa
- idsculpa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disculpa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "disculpa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).