capevsCPSWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“cape” and “CPS” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,289
“cape” frequency rank
#16,880
“CPS” frequency rank
21169
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cape CPS
Definition A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland. Initialism of characters per second.

Letter map: cape vs CPS

Shared letters muted; letters that set cape and CPS apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
cape
3 ch
CPS

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

cape and CPS are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21169, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cape is recorded at frequency rank #4,289, classified as anoun, pronounced /keɪp/. CPS is at rank #16,880, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 21169, this pair ranks #425,861 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cape vs CPS

Shared letters: cp. Private to "cape": ae. Private to "CPS": s.

"cape" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "CPS" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • capeacpe · caep · cappe · ccape · cpae

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cape" and "CPS" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "cape" or "CPS"?
"cape" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,289 in our English list, against #16,880 for "CPS". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "cape" and "CPS". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cape" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "CPS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #425,861 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cape" and "CPS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CGT vs CPS". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list