capote
/kəˈpəʊt/
"capote" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“capote” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,520. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,520
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A long coat or cloak with a hood.
Corpus desk
Index EN-capote · capote · English
capote · rank #47,520 · 8 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,520
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Capella
Nearest frequency peer: Capella (-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 “capote”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- callus
callus
52,484 corpus weight
- Cally
Cally
52,483 corpus weight
- Capella
Capella
52,482 corpus weight
- capote
capote
52,481 corpus weight
- Carmarthens…
Carmarthenshire
52,480 corpus weight
- carotene
carotene
52,479 corpus weight
What this shows “capote” 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 | capote |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈpəʊt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #47,520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “capote”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around capote (IPA /kəˈpəʊt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,520 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for capote, with forms such as "acpote", "caopte", and "capoet". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "capt", "cate", "cote", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French capote. Doublet of capot and kaput. The correct English form is capote, spelled C-A-P-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1A long coat or cloak with a hood.
- 2A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th-century Canadian woodsmen.
- 3A close-fitting woman's bonnet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how capote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] pensive o’er his scatter’d flock, The little shepherd in his white capote Doth lean his boyish form along the rock,
It was said that the Rabbi of Kotsk had been in Favor of European dress, but the Rabbi of Gur and his followers had insisted on the Russian capote, trousers tucked into the boots, a kerchief around the neck, and the Russian cap adapted to the native style.
Etymology
Borrowed from French capote. Doublet of capot and kaput.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acpote
- caopte
- capoet
- capotte
- cappote
- captoe
- ccapote
- cpaote
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capote - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "capote", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).