disculpa

/[d̪isˈkulpa]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,506

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

disculpa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Argumento con el que se intenta negar o quitar importancia a una culpa. Pronounced [d̪isˈkulpa]. It ranks #4,506 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with discuta and disculpe.

Key facts for disculpa
PropertyValue
Headworddisculpa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪isˈkulpa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,506
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for disculpa is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪isˈkulpa]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,506 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 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for disculpa, with forms such as "ddisculpa", "dicsulpa", and "discculpa". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "discuta", "disculpe", "disculpo", 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 disculpa, spelled D-I-S-C-U-L-P-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Argumento con el que se intenta negar o quitar importancia a una culpa.
  2. 2
    La razón y causa que se da para excusarse.
  3. 3
    Pretexto, achaque para cubrir el expediente.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddisculpa,dicsulpa,discculpa,disclupa,disculap,discullpa,disculppa,discupla,dissculpa,disuclpa,dsiculpa,idsculpa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for disculpa

Misspelling Variants of "disculpa"

ddisculpa9dicsulpa8discculpa9disclupa8disculap8discullpa9disculppa9discupla8
Misspelling Variants of "disculpa"

Frequency rank: #4,506 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "disculpa"?
"disculpa" is spelled D-I-S-C-U-L-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪isˈkulpa].
What does "disculpa" mean?
As a noun, "disculpa" means: Argumento con el que se intenta negar o quitar importancia a una culpa.
What words are commonly confused with "disculpa"?
"disculpa" is commonly confused with "discuta", "disculpe", "disculpo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "disculpa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "disculpa" is [d̪isˈkulpa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "disculpa" come from?
"disculpa" 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.