caprice
/kəˈpɹiːs/noun
caprice is spelled C-A-P-R-I-C-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Caprice, the name). As a noun, caprice means “An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of caprice is caprices.
How many letters and syllables are in caprice?
| Letters | 7: C-A-P-R-I-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,504th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is caprice?
Caprice appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Caprice, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce caprice?
- /kəˈpɹiːs/
Caprice has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-caprice.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of caprice
- caprices plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does caprice mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
- 2
A brief romance.
- 3
An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.
- 4
A disposition to be impulsive.
- 5
A capriccio.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Caprice in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does caprice come from?
Borrowed from French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”). Doublet of capriccio.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).