caput
/ˈka.put/
The verdict
“caput” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,563 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,563
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cabeza.
Corpus desk
Index ES-caput · caput · Spanish
caput · rank #86,563 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,563
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH capuchón
Nearest frequency peer: capuchón (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “caput”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cantonales
cantonales
13,441 corpus weight
- capuchinas
capuchinas
13,440 corpus weight
- capuchón
capuchón
13,439 corpus weight
- caput
caput
13,438 corpus weight
- caracteriza…
caracterizando
13,437 corpus weight
- caramel
caramel
13,436 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “caput” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caput |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈka.put/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,563 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “caput” en español
Rare enough to double-check
caput is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,563 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈka.put/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 11 senses are on record.
caput has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is caput, spelled C-A-P-U-T.
Definition
- 1Cabeza.
- 2Extremo, punta, cumbre.
- 3Elemento principal, jefe.
- 4Parte más importante de algo.
- 5Parte de una obra, capítulo, párrafo.
- 6Capital de un país.
- 7Suma principal de dinero, capital.
- 8Persona, individuo.
- 9Vida, existencia.
- 10Existencia material.
- 11Personalidad civil.
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.
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