capitaux propres
\ka.pi.to pʁɔpʁ\
The verdict
“capitaux propres” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de capital propre. Utilisé en comptabilité dans le bilan pour désigner la partie des avoirs appartenant à l'entité elle-même; plutôt que la partie due à d'autres personnes, soit le passif.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capitaux propres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.pi.to pʁɔpʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “capitaux propres” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
capitaux propres is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.pi.to pʁɔpʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de capital propre. Utilisé en comptabilité dans le bilan pour désigner la partie des avoirs appartenant à l'entité elle-même; plutôt que la partie due à d'autres personnes, soit le passif.".
No misspelling variants are generated for capitaux propres in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 capitaux propres, spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-U-X- -P-R-O-P-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de capital propre. Utilisé en comptabilité dans le bilan pour désigner la partie des avoirs appartenant à l'entité elle-même; plutôt que la partie due à d'autres personnes, soit le passif.
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.
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Using “capitaux propres”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-A-P-I-T-A-U-X- -P-R-O-P-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.pi.to pʁɔpʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.