capitaine
"capitaine" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“capitaine” is uncommon English (frequency #71,377 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,377
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A captain.
Corpus desk
Index EN-capitaine · capitaine · English
capitaine · rank #71,377 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,377
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH Canute
Nearest frequency peer: Canute (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “capitaine”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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28,627 corpus weight
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28,625 corpus weight
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28,624 corpus weight
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28,623 corpus weight
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28,622 corpus weight
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cartouche
28,620 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “capitaine” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capitaine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,377 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “capitaine” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
capitaine is uncommon English at frequency #71,377 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A captain.".
capitaine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French capitaine. The correct English form is capitaine, spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A captain.
Etymology
Borrowed from French capitaine.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "capitaine", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.