caporal
noun
caporal is spelled C-A-P-O-R-A-L: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, caporal means “A type of shag tobacco” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of caporal is caporals.
How many letters and syllables are in caporal?
| Letters | 7: C-A-P-O-R-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 caporal?
Caporal appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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).
What rhymes with caporal?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as caporal.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: crapola.
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 caporal
- caporals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does caporal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of shag tobacco.
- 2
Latin-AmericaA foreman or overseer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does caporal come from?
Borrowed from French caporal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).