how to pronounce culprit

/ˈkʌl.pɹɪt/

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culprit is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of culprit in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… low could likely be a culprit that said …”

meanings of culprit

noun:

The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
A prisoner accused but not yet tried.

culprit frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word culprit occurs in english on average 2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics culprit can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that culprit can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;