kaput
/kəˈpʊt/
"kaput" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kaput” is uncommon English (frequency #81,458 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,458
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Out of order; not working.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kaput · kaput · English
kaput · rank #81,458 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,458
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kanaan
Nearest frequency peer: Kanaan (-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 “kaput”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kamo
Kamo
18,545 corpus weight
- Kanaan
Kanaan
18,544 corpus weight
- kaput
kaput
18,543 corpus weight
- Karuna
Karuna
18,542 corpus weight
- kawa
kawa
18,541 corpus weight
- kefir
kefir
18,540 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kaput” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kaput |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəˈpʊt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,458 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kaput” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kaput is uncommon English at frequency #81,458 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kəˈpʊt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Out of order; not working.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kaput, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”). Cognate to Dutch kapot. Doublet of capot and capote. The correct English form is kaput, spelled K-A-P-U-T.
Definition
- 1Out of order; not working.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kaput appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My car went kaput.
His career is kaput.
Etymology
From German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”). Cognate to Dutch kapot. Doublet of capot and capote.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).