caput
/kəˈpʊt/
"caput" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“caput” is uncommon English (frequency #86,109 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,109
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The head.
Corpus desk
Index EN-caput · caput · English
caput · rank #86,109 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,109
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH camisole
Nearest frequency peer: camisole (-3 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 “caput”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cadenza
cadenza
13,898 corpus weight
- callosum
callosum
13,897 corpus weight
- Camberley
Camberley
13,896 corpus weight
- camisole
camisole
13,895 corpus weight
- caput
caput
13,892 corpus weight
- Carrickferg…
Carrickfergus
13,888 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “caput” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caput |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈpʊt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,109 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caput” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
caput is uncommon English at frequency #86,109 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kəˈpʊt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for caput, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin caput (“the head”). Doublet of cape, capo, chef, and chief, and distantly of head and Howth. The correct English form is caput, spelled C-A-P-U-T.
Definition
- 1The head.
- 2A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
- 3The top or superior part of a thing.
- 4The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
- 5Ellipsis of caput succedaneum.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin caput (“the head”). Doublet of cape, capo, chef, and chief, and distantly of head and Howth.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.