culpado

\kulˈpa.ðo\

/\kulˈpa.ðo\/ verb

The verdict

“culpado” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de culpar.

Key facts for culpado
PropertyValue
Headwordculpado
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kulˈpa.ðo\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “culpado” sits in French frequency

culpado falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

culpado is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kulˈpa.ðo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de culpar.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for culpado, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is culpado, spelled C-U-L-P-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de culpar.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "culpado"?
"culpado" is spelled C-U-L-P-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is \kulˈpa.ðo\.
What does "culpado" mean?
As a verb, "culpado" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de culpar.
How do you pronounce "culpado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "culpado" is \kulˈpa.ðo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "culpado" come from?
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Using “culpado”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-U-L-P-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kulˈpa.ðo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list