capine
\ka.pin\
The verdict
“capine” 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) - Couvre-chef, prend souvent une connotation moqueuse ou péjorative.
Corpus desk
Index FR-capine · capine · French
capine · 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 "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 | capine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.pin\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « capine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
capine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.pin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for capine, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 capine, spelled C-A-P-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Couvre-chef, prend souvent une connotation moqueuse ou péjorative.
- 2Bonnet ou capuchon en étoffe ou en laine tricotée que portent les femmes et les enfants et qui descend jusque sur les épaules.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how capine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wow, quelle belle capine !
— Nous prendrons une demi-heure chaque vendredi et vous pourrez tricoter des mitaines, des capines ou des chandails.
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.