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caper

ca·per/ˈkeɪpɚ/noun, verb

caper is spelled C-A-P-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables (ca·per). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, caper means “A playful leap or jump” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of caper is capers.

How many letters and syllables are in caper?

Letters5: C-A-P-E-R
Syllables2: ca·per
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 34,504th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is caper?

Caper appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th 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 caper?

  • US /ˈkeɪpɚ/
  • UK /ˈkeɪpə/

Caper has 2 syllables, split ca·per in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-caper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with caper?

4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as caper from its last stressed vowel (/eɪpəɹ/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: recap, pacer, crape.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of caper

  • capers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • capering participle, present
  • capered participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does caper mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A playful leap or jump.

  2. 2

    A jump while dancing.

  3. 3

    A prank or practical joke.

  4. 4

    Playful behaviour.

  5. 5

    A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.

  6. 6

    The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.

  7. 7

    A plant of the genus Capparis.

  8. 8

    A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.

  9. 9

    ScotlandThe capercaillie.

verb

  1. 1

    To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.

  2. 2

    To jump as part of a dance.

  3. 3

    To engage in playful behaviour.

  4. 4

    obsoleteTo run at speed.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Caper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcabriole (playful leap), cabrioler, batifoler (jump about playfully), câpre (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
Spanishcabriola (playful leap), alcaparra (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa), alcaparro (plant)
GermanKaper (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa), Kapernstrauch (plant)
Portuguesealcaparra (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)

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 caper come from?

Clipping of capriole.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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