Cappadocia
/kæpəˈdoʊʃə/
"cappadocia" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cappadocia” is uncommon English (frequency #65,761 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,761
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cappadocia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kæpəˈdoʊʃə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cappadocia” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cappadocia is uncommon English at frequency #65,761 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /kæpəˈdoʊʃə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Cappadocia in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Cappadocia, from Ancient Greek Καππαδοκία (Kappadokía), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 (k-t-p-tu-u-k /katpatuka/). The correct English form is Cappadocia, spelled C-A-P-P-A-D-O-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1A historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey.
- 2A former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 18 AD until the 7th century.
Etymology
From Latin Cappadocia, from Ancient Greek Καππαδοκία (Kappadokía), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 (k-t-p-tu-u-k /katpatuka/).
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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-P-A-D-O-C-I-A - 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.