capacity

\kəˈpæs.ɪ.ti\

/\kəˈpæs.ɪ.ti\/ noun

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The verdict

“capacity” is uncommon French (frequency #72,155 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,155
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Volume.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capacity · capacity · French

capacity · rank #72,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,155
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Carentan

Nearest frequency peer: Carentan (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « capacity »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « capacity » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for capacity
PropertyValue
Headwordcapacity
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kəˈpæs.ɪ.ti\
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,155
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « capacity » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.capacitytombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Carentan » (#72,156), « cantonniers » (#72,153), « Carlsbad » (#72,157). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « capacity » est au #72,155. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

capacity is uncommon French at frequency #72,155 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kəˈpæs.ɪ.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

capacity doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is capacity, spelled C-A-P-A-C-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Volume.
  2. 2
    Capacité, habilité.
  3. 3
    Emploi, place, poste.
  4. 4
    Emploi, fonction, office, service.
  5. 5
    Débit (capacité maximale).

Antonyms

incapacity

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capacity"?
"capacity" is spelled C-A-P-A-C-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \kəˈpæs.ɪ.ti\.
What does "capacity" mean?
As a noun, "capacity" means: Volume.
How do you pronounce "capacity"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capacity" is \kəˈpæs.ɪ.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capacity" come from?
"capacity" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "capacity", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Carentan#72,156Carlsbad#72,157cassante#72,159cadrages#72,147

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list