caper
/ˈkeɪpɚ/
"caper" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“caper” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,418. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,418
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A playful leap or jump.
Corpus desk
Index EN-caper · caper · English
caper · rank #34,418 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,418
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH capacitance
Nearest frequency peer: capacitance (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “caper”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- calypso
calypso
65,585 corpus weight
- capacitance
capacitance
65,584 corpus weight
- caper
caper
65,583 corpus weight
- caprice
caprice
65,582 corpus weight
- carer
carer
65,581 corpus weight
- Carlsbad
Carlsbad
65,580 corpus weight
What this shows “caper” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkeɪpɚ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #34,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “caper”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around caper (IPA /ˈkeɪpɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,418 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for caper, with forms such as "acper", "caepr", and "caperr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "car", "CPR", "care", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of capriole. The correct English form is caper, spelled C-A-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1A playful leap or jump.
- 2A jump while dancing.
- 3A prank or practical joke.
- 4Playful behaviour.
- 5A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His caper had failed to find a comic resolution. Instead, there had been a genre switch, and the madcap adventure had turned serious. Or had this bleakness underlain the caper from the start?
The elusive 87-year-old author’s new book is a noir caper set during the big band era following a detective in search of a cheese heiress[.]
Etymology
Clipping of capriole.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acper
- caepr
- caperr
- capper
- capre
- ccaper
- cpaer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caper - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caper", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).