Capernaum
/kəˈpɝneɪəm/
"capernaum" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Capernaum” is uncommon English (frequency #92,430 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,430
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An ancient town in Galilee, Israel, a biblical and archaeological site.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Capernaum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kəˈpɝneɪəm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Capernaum” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Capernaum is uncommon English at frequency #92,430 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /kəˈpɝneɪəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An ancient town in Galilee, Israel, a biblical and archaeological site.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Capernaum, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin Capharnaum, from Ancient Greek Καφαρναούμ (Kapharnaoúm), from Biblical Hebrew כְּפַר נַחוּם (Kfar Nahum, “Nahum's Village”). The correct English form is Capernaum, spelled C-A-P-E-R-N-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1An ancient town in Galilee, Israel, a biblical and archaeological site.
Etymology
From Late Latin Capharnaum, from Ancient Greek Καφαρναούμ (Kapharnaoúm), from Biblical Hebrew כְּפַר נַחוּם (Kfar Nahum, “Nahum's Village”).
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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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- The one correct English spelling is C-A-P-E-R-N-A-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.