acapte
\a.kapt\
The verdict
“acapte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Droit qui était payé dans quelques provinces par les héritiers d’un héritier soumis à rente, cens ou autre charge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-acapte · acapte · French
acapte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | acapte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.kapt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
acapte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.kapt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Droit qui était payé dans quelques provinces par les héritiers d’un héritier soumis à rente, cens ou autre charge.".
acapte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is acapte, spelled A-C-A-P-T-E.
Definition
- 1Droit qui était payé dans quelques provinces par les héritiers d’un héritier soumis à rente, cens ou autre charge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how acapte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A la redevance annuelle s'ajoutait l'acapte.
Certes si c'était une indulgence que l'on pût acheter ou obtenir par acapte, il ne demanderait pas crédit pour le paiement.
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.