Kapisa

name

"kapisa" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Kapisa” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A province of Afghanistan.

Corpus desk

Index EN-kapisa · Kapisa · English

Kapisa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "K" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Kapisa
PropertyValue
HeadwordKapisa
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Kapisa” in English

Kapisaranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kapisa is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kapisa, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Persian کاپیسا (Kâpisâ). The correct English form is Kapisa, spelled K-A-P-I-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A province of Afghanistan.
  2. 2
    An ancient kingdom located in Afghanistan.
  3. 3
    An ancient city, the former capital of the Kingdom of Kapisa; modern Bagram.

Etymology

From Persian کاپیسا (Kâpisâ).

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kapisa"?
"Kapisa" is spelled K-A-P-I-S-A.
What does "Kapisa" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kapisa" means: A province of Afghanistan.
What is the origin of the word "Kapisa"?
From Persian کاپیسا (Kâpisâ). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list