caperuza
[kapeˈɾusa]
The verdict
“caperuza” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bonete que remata en punta inclinada hacia atrás.
Corpus desk
Index ES-caperuza · caperuza · Spanish
caperuza · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | caperuza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kapeˈɾusa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “caperuza” en español
Rare enough to double-check
caperuza is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kapeˈɾusa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
caperuza doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is caperuza, spelled C-A-P-E-R-U-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Bonete que remata en punta inclinada hacia atrás.
- 2Cilindro hueco de barro con que se cubría la plata mientras se desazogaba ésta por medio del fuego.
- 3Pieza que cubre la salida de humo de la chimenea, reparándola de los eventos atmosféricos.
- 4Capuchón (cubierta de la punta de alguna cosa).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how caperuza appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mando el duque le quitasen, y le volviesen su caperuza, y le pusiesen el sayo, y le quitasen la ropa de las llamas
Synonyms
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.