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 May 6, 2026) - Of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, the Cape Verdean people or the Cape Verdean language.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cape Verdean |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cape Verdean” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “Cape Verdean”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-P-E- -V-E-R-D-E-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.