capitainesse
\ka.pi.tɛ.nɛs\
The verdict
“capitainesse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifiait la galère montée par le capitaine général.
Corpus desk
Index FR-capitainesse · capitainesse · French
capitainesse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | capitainesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ka.pi.tɛ.nɛs\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
capitainesse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ka.pi.tɛ.nɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifiait la galère montée par le capitaine général.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for capitainesse, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is capitainesse, spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-I-N-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Qualifiait la galère montée par le capitaine général.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how capitainesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa galere capitainesse fut arrestée par un remora.
On dit bien la Galere Capitaineſſe, mais on n’appelle pas une femme Capitaineſſe, quoy qu’elle ſoit femme d’un Capitaine ou qu’elle conduiſe des Troupes.
Synonyms
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.