kapo
/ˈkɑːpəʊ/
"kapo" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kapo” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kapo · kapo · English
kapo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kapo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑːpəʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kapo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kapo is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɑːpəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kapo, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Kapo, see there for further etymology. Doublet of corporal and capo. The correct English form is kapo, spelled K-A-P-O.
Definition
- 1A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.
- 2A Jewish person perceived as enabling or assisting harm to the larger Jewish community by collaborating or allying with antisemites.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kapo, see there for further etymology. Doublet of corporal and capo.
This word in other languages
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.