capricious
/kəˈpɹɪʃəs/
"capricious" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“capricious” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,366. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,366
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.
Corpus desk
Index EN-capricious · capricious · English
capricious · rank #37,366 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,366
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH candlestick
Nearest frequency peer: candlestick (-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 “capricious”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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62,638 corpus weight
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62,636 corpus weight
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62,635 corpus weight
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What this shows Bars show where “capricious” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capricious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəˈpɹɪʃəs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #37,366 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “capricious” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around capricious (IPA /kəˈpɹɪʃəs/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,366 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for capricious, with forms such as "acpricious", "capircious", and "cappricious". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio. By surface analysis, caprice + -ious. The correct English form is capricious, spelled C-A-P-R-I-C-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how capricious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I almost died in a capricious winter storm.
Stringent rulers are unlikely to act capriciously.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio. By surface analysis, caprice + -ious.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acpricious
- capircious
- cappricious
- caprciious
- capriccious
- capriciosu
- capriciouss
- capriciuos
- capricoius
- capriicous
- caprricious
- carpicious
- ccapricious
- cparicious
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capricious - 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.
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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.