capuchón

Name: capuchón, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[kapuˈt͡ʃõn]

/[kapuˈt͡ʃõn]/ noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“capuchón” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #86,562 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#86,562
frequency rank, Spanish: 8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abrigo, a manera de capucha, que suelen usar las damas, sobre todo de noche.

Key facts for capuchón
Property	Value
Headword	capuchón
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[kapuˈt͡ʃõn]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#86,562
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “capuchón” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). capuchón lands here:

#86,562

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for capuchón is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kapuˈt͡ʃõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #86,562 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for capuchón in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 capuchón, spelled C-A-P-U-C-H-Ó-N.

Definition

1
Abrigo, a manera de capucha, que suelen usar las damas, sobre todo de noche.
2
Objeto utilizado para cubrir, tapar o proteger a otro.
3
Prenda carcelaria, destinada a estorbar la comunicación entre los presos fuera de las celdas.
4
Traje de carnaval como el dominó pero más corto.
5
Variante de capucha.
6
Capirote (cucurucho de las procesiones en Semana Santa).

This word in other languages

hood(English)capuchon(Français)

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capuchón"?

"capuchón" is spelled C-A-P-U-C-H-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kapuˈt͡ʃõn].

What does "capuchón" mean?

As a noun, "capuchón" means: Abrigo, a manera de capucha, que suelen usar las damas, sobre todo de noche.

How do you pronounce "capuchón"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capuchón" is [kapuˈt͡ʃõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "capuchón" come from?

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Using “capuchón”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-P-U-C-H-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [kapuˈt͡ʃõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.