capacious
/kəˈpeɪʃəs/adjective
capacious is spelled C-A-P-A-C-I-O-U-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, capacious means “Having a lot of space inside; roomy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in capacious?
| Letters | 9: C-A-P-A-C-I-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,980th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is capacious?
Capacious appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce capacious?
- /kəˈpeɪʃəs/
Capacious has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-capacious.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of capacious
- more capacious comparative
- most capacious superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does capacious mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a lot of space inside; roomy.
- 2
Capable, able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Capacious in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having a lot of space inside:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does capacious come from?
From Latin capāx (“wide, spacious, large; capable”) + -ious. Displaced native Old English numol.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).