capillaire

/\ka.pi.lɛʁ\/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,194

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

capillaire is anFrenchadj. It means: Relatif aux cheveux. Pronounced \ka.pi.lɛʁ\. Often confused with capillaires and capitulaire.

Key facts for capillaire
PropertyValue
Headwordcapillaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ka.pi.lɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,194
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of capillaire in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for capillaire is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.pi.lɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #22,194 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for capillaire, with forms such as "acpillaire", "caipllaire", and "capilaire". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "capillaires", "capitulaire", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is capillaire, spelled C-A-P-I-L-L-A-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux cheveux.
  2. 2
    Fin comme un cheveu.
  3. 3
    Relatif aux vaisseaux sanguins capillaires.
  4. 4
    Se dit des propriétés des sols ou des tubes dans lesquels les liquides ont tendance à monter sous l’effet de la capillarité.
  5. 5
    Relatif à certains organes très fins des plantes.
  6. 6
    Relatif aux lignes ferroviaires à faible trafic réservées au fret ou à des trains touristiques.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acpillaire,caipllaire,capilaire,capilalire,capillaier,capillairre,capillarie,capilliare,caplilaire,cappillaire,ccapillaire,cpaillaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for capillaire

Misspelling Variants of "capillaire"

acpillaire10caipllaire10capilaire9capilalire10capillaier10capillairre11capillarie10capilliare10
Misspelling Variants of "capillaire"

Frequency rank: #22,194 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capillaire"?
"capillaire" is spelled C-A-P-I-L-L-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.pi.lɛʁ\.
What does "capillaire" mean?
As an adj, "capillaire" means: Relatif aux cheveux.
What words are commonly confused with "capillaire"?
"capillaire" is commonly confused with "capillaires", "capitulaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "capillaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capillaire" is \ka.pi.lɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capillaire" come from?
"capillaire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.