capitainerie

\ka.pi.tɛn.ʁi\

/\ka.pi.tɛn.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“capitainerie” is uncommon French (frequency #53,837 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,837
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bâtiment regroupant les différents services pour la gestion d’un port maritime.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capitainerie · capitainerie · French

capitainerie · rank #53,837 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,837
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH campana

Nearest frequency peer: campana (-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 « capitainerie »

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 « capitainerie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for capitainerie
PropertyValue
Headwordcapitainerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.pi.tɛn.ʁi\
Letters12
Frequency rank#53,837
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « capitainerie » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.capitainerietombe 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: « campana » (#53,836), « caressait » (#53,838), « cadrée » (#53,835). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « capitainerie » est au #53,837. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

capitainerie is uncommon French at frequency #53,837 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.pi.tɛn.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for capitainerie in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is capitainerie, spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-I-N-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bâtiment regroupant les différents services pour la gestion d’un port maritime.
  2. 2
    Charge de capitaine d’une maison royale, d’un château, etc., ou de capitaine des chasses.
  3. 3
    Dans quelques maisons royales, il se disait du lieu affecté au logement du capitaine des chasses.
  4. 4
    Type de circonscription territoriale en Espagne.
  5. 5
    Subdivision de la vice-royauté dans le système colonial espagnol.
  6. 6
    Forme d’administration territoriale des colonies dans l’empire colonial portugais, notamment au Brésil.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Joss avait gueulé dans tous les bars que les gros culs de la capitainerie palpaient des commissions, si bien qu’il avait pu dire adieu à la marine marchande.
  2. Le trafic des ferrys à Calais a été annulé dans la matinée, en raison d’une grève de la capitainerie, levée à midi.

This word in other languages

captaincy(English)capitanía(Español)capitania(Português)

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 "capitainerie"?
"capitainerie" is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-I-N-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.pi.tɛn.ʁi\.
What does "capitainerie" mean?
As a noun, "capitainerie" means: Bâtiment regroupant les différents services pour la gestion d’un port maritime.
How do you pronounce "capitainerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capitainerie" is \ka.pi.tɛn.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capitainerie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list