cape

\kap\

/\kap\/ noun

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The verdict

“cape” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,465. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,465
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vêtement de dessus ample et sans manches.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cape · cape · French

cape · rank #10,465 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,465
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH candidatures

Nearest frequency peer: candidatures (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cape »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cape » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cape vs ce
50% similar
cape vs CP
0% similar
cape vs cas
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cape
PropertyValue
Headwordcape
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kap\
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,465
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cape »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.capese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « candidatures » (#10,464), « causés » (#10,466), « brutal » (#10,463). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cape » est au #10,465. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cape (IPA \kap\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,465 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cape, with forms such as "acpe", "caep", and "cappe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ce", "CP", "cas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 cape, spelled C-A-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vêtement de dessus ample et sans manches.
  2. 2
    Sorte de manteau de couleur claire, traditionnellement rouge, que le toréador présente au taureau, dans l’arène.
  3. 3
    Coiffe dont les femmes se servent en quelques provinces contre le vent et la pluie.
  4. 4
    Capuchon de plumes que certains oiseaux ont sur la tête.
  5. 5
    Situation d’un navire qui a la barre du gouvernail sous le vent et qui ne conserve que très peu de voiles, afin de présenter le côté et ne plus faire de route.
  6. 6
    Feuille de tabac enveloppant un cigare.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cape appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À la suite venaient vingt-deux individus, en tête desquels marchait Barthélemy Panciatichi, ancien ambassadeur du grand-duc Cosme à la cour de France, vêtu de la cape et du san-benito parsemé de croix.
  2. Ce qui achève le cauchemar, c’est le lugubre postillon en vieille cape déguenillée qui sautille éternellement dans la clarté jaunâtre.

Synonyms

robe

This word in other languages

cape(English)capa(Español)Cape(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acpe
  • caep
  • cappe
  • ccape
  • cpae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cape - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acpe2caep2cappe1ccape1cpae2
Edit distance from "cape"

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 "cape"?
"cape" is spelled C-A-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kap\.
What does "cape" mean?
As a noun, "cape" means: Vêtement de dessus ample et sans manches.
What words are commonly confused with "cape"?
"cape" is commonly confused with "ce", "CP", "cas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cape"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cape" is \kap\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cape" come from?
"cape" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brin#10,462book#10,459gard#10,509Hans#10,515

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

soul5 variantssalé5 variantsravie5 variantsnain5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list