capito
\ka.ˈpi.to\
The verdict
“capito” is uncommon French (frequency #95,655 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,655
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe capire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-capito · capito · French
capito · rank #95,655 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,655
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH capitanat
Nearest frequency peer: capitanat (-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 « capito »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cannelure
cannelure
4,348 corpus weight
- capitanat
capitanat
4,347 corpus weight
- capito
capito
4,346 corpus weight
- capitonnée
capitonnée
4,345 corpus weight
- captieux
captieux
4,344 corpus weight
- Capua
Capua
4,343 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « capito » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capito |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ka.ˈpi.to\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,655 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « capito » en français
Rare enough to double-check
capito is uncommon French at frequency #95,655 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ka.ˈpi.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe capire.".
Zero misspellings are on record for capito in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is capito, spelled C-A-P-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe capire.
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.
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