capoeira
\ka.pwɛ.ʁa\
The verdict
“capoeira” is uncommon French (frequency #57,809 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,809
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Art martial afro-brésilien qui puise ses racines dans les méthodes de combat et les danses des peuples africains du temps de l’esclavage au Brésil.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capoeira |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.pwɛ.ʁa\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “capoeira” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
capoeira is uncommon French at frequency #57,809 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.pwɛ.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for capoeira, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is capoeira, spelled C-A-P-O-E-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1Art martial afro-brésilien qui puise ses racines dans les méthodes de combat et les danses des peuples africains du temps de l’esclavage au Brésil.
- 2Groupement de plantes herbacées ou arbustives qui succède sur un terrain qui a été défriché.
This word in other languages
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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Using “capoeira”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-P-O-E-I-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.pwɛ.ʁa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.