kaput
/kəˈpʊt/adjective
kaput is spelled K-A-P-U-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “caput vs kaput” about 20 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, kaput means “Out of order; not working” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in kaput?
| Letters | 5: K-A-P-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 81,375th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is kaput?
Kaput appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce kaput?
- UK /kəˈpʊt/
- British /kəˈpɵt/
- US /kəˈpʊt/
Kaput has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-kaputt.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-kaput.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Aadenboy-kaput.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with kaput
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: caput (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with kaput?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as kaput from its last stressed vowel (/ʊt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of kaput
- kaputt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kaput mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
informalOut of order; not working.
My car went kaput.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kaput in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense out of order:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.