Capulet

noun

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"capulet" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Capulet” is uncommon English (frequency #89,199 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,199
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the wife in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or one of a pair of feuding groups, the other identified as Montague.

Corpus desk

Index EN-capulet · Capulet · English

Capulet · rank #89,199 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,199
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH carabiner

Nearest frequency peer: carabiner (+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.

Long-tail ranks near “Capulet”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Capulet” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Capulet
PropertyValue
HeadwordCapulet
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#89,199
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Capulet” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Capuletfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “carabiner” (#89,200), “calorimeter” (#89,195), “Carnoustie” (#89,203). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “Capulet” is #89,199. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Capulet is uncommon English at frequency #89,199 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the wife in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or one of a pair of feuding groups, the other identified as Montague.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Capulet in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: Surname of the heroine Juliet's family in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, from the Italian Capuleti. The correct English form is Capulet, spelled C-A-P-U-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the wife in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or one of a pair of feuding groups, the other identified as Montague.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Capulet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. It goes without saying that she knew nothing whatever of the bad relations subsisting between her father and her sweetheart. She did not know her Romeo was a Montague still less that to him she was a Capulet.
  2. Still, despite Marshall's impression of a kind of Montague-Capulet feud, George Catlett did succeed in marrying Laura Emily, the daughter of Dr. Jonathan Bradford, and his sister, Margaret, married Laura's brother, Thomas.

Etymology

Surname of the heroine Juliet's family in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, from the Italian Capuleti.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Capulet"?
"Capulet" is spelled C-A-P-U-L-E-T.
What does "Capulet" mean?
As a noun, "Capulet" means: A member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the wife in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or one of a pair of feuding groups, the other identified as Montague.
What is the origin of the word "Capulet"?
Surname of the heroine Juliet's family in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, from the Italian Capuleti. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Capulet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Buchman#89,192Cassano#89,206Catesby#89,208challah#89,215

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list