caparaçon
\ka.pa.ʁa.sɔ̃\
The verdict
“caparaçon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de couverture en coton, en toile ou en cuir que l’on met sur les chevaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caparacon · caparaçon · French
caparaçon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | caparaçon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.pa.ʁa.sɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caparaçon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caparaçon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.pa.ʁa.sɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
caparaçon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is caparaçon, spelled C-A-P-A-R-A-Ç-O-N.
Definition
- 1Sorte de couverture en coton, en toile ou en cuir que l’on met sur les chevaux.
- 2Drap de toile que l’on met sur le dos des bovins ou autre animal de bétail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caparaçon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des houssures et caparaçons de toutes sortes ; les uns de drap de Damas, de fin drap d’or, fourrés de martres zibelines ; les autres, de velours, fourrés de pennes d’hermine.
Et ici, avec quel faste les alignait-on, et quelles brides, quelles sellettes, quels caparaçons !
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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.