no cap
/noʊ kæp/
"no-cap" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“no cap” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. 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) - Used to emphasize that one is telling the truth.
Corpus desk
Index EN-no-cap · no cap · English
no cap · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | no cap |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /noʊ kæp/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “no cap” in English
Rare enough to double-check
no cap is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /noʊ kæp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Used to emphasize that one is telling the truth.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for no cap, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From AAVE cap (“to lie, exaggerate”, verb), popularized by the rappers Future and Young Thug in their track "No Cap" (2017). The correct English form is no cap, spelled N-O- -C-A-P.
Definition
- 1Used to emphasize that one is telling the truth.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how no cap appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I just found $20 on the ground, no cap.
Yellow diamonds like banana, that's cap / Put some dirt in Mello Yello, no cap / Rockin' Maison Margielas, that's cap / Red bitch, Cinderella, no cap
Etymology
From AAVE cap (“to lie, exaggerate”, verb), popularized by the rappers Future and Young Thug in their track "No Cap" (2017).
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.