capote

[kaˈpɔt]

/[kaˈpɔt]/ noun

The verdict

“capote” is uncommon German (frequency #88,755 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,755
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bewegliche Abdeckung von Fahrzeugen; Verdeck

Corpus desk

Index DE-capote · capote · German

capote · rank #88,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,755
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH carabinieri

Nearest frequency peer: carabinieri (+2 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „capote“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „capote“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for capote
PropertyValue
Headwordcapote
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈpɔt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#88,755
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „capote“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.capotefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „carabinieri“ (#88,757), „bäuerlich“ (#88,752), „burrows“ (#88,749). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „capote“ bei #88,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

capote is uncommon German at frequency #88,755 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈpɔt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for capote in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists 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 German form is capote, spelled C-A-P-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    bewegliche Abdeckung von Fahrzeugen; Verdeck
  2. 2
    Schutzbezug über empfindliche Teile eines Fahrzeugs

This word in other languages

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capote"?
"capote" is spelled C-A-P-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈpɔt].
What does "capote" mean?
As a noun, "capote" means: bewegliche Abdeckung von Fahrzeugen; Verdeck
How do you pronounce "capote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capote" is [kaˈpɔt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capote" come from?
"capote" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "capote", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list