Cape Verdean
"cape-verdean" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cape Verdean” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, the Cape Verdean people or the Cape Verdean language.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cape-verdean · Cape Verdean · English
Cape Verdean · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cape Verdean |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Cape Verdean” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Cape Verdean is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, the Cape Verdean people or the Cape Verdean language.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Cape Verdean, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Cape Verde + -an. The correct English form is Cape Verdean, spelled C-A-P-E- -V-E-R-D-E-A-N.
Definition
- 1Of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, the Cape Verdean people or the Cape Verdean language.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Cape Verdean appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I hear [...] the surf on the Cape Verdean beaches is incredible.
He was a Cape Verdean boy who identified as Portuguese to differentiate himself from African Americans, despite being nearly the same shade as Davis.
Etymology
From Cape Verde + -an.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.