oculta

/[oˈkul̪t̪a]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,642

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

oculta is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ocultar. Pronounced [oˈkul̪t̪a]. It ranks #5,642 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ocupa and ocurra.

Key facts for oculta
PropertyValue
Headwordoculta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[oˈkul̪t̪a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,642
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for oculta is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈkul̪t̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,642 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for oculta, with forms such as "coulta", "occulta", and "ocluta". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "ocupa", "ocurra", "oculto", 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 oculta, spelled O-C-U-L-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ocultar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de ocultar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: coulta,occulta,ocluta,oculat,ocullta,ocultta,ocutla,ouclta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for oculta

Misspelling Variants of "oculta"

coulta6occulta7ocluta6oculat6ocullta7ocultta7ocutla6ouclta6
Misspelling Variants of "oculta"

Frequency rank: #5,642 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oculta"?
"oculta" is spelled O-C-U-L-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈkul̪t̪a].
What does "oculta" mean?
As a verb, "oculta" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ocultar.
What words are commonly confused with "oculta"?
"oculta" is commonly confused with "ocupa", "ocurra", "oculto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oculta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oculta" is [oˈkul̪t̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oculta" come from?
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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.