capote
\ka.pɔt\
The verdict
“capote” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #14,875 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,875
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grand vêtement de dessus auquel est adapté un capuchon.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capote |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.pɔt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “capote” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for capote is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.pɔt\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,875 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for capote, with forms such as "acpote", "caopte", and "capoet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "côte", "carte", "capte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 capote, spelled C-A-P-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Grand vêtement de dessus auquel est adapté un capuchon.
- 2Vêtement de dessus que portent les soldats pour se garantir du froid et de la pluie.
- 3Coiffe de femme qui est faite ordinairement en étoffe.
- 4Couverture mobile de voitures, de landaus, etc.
- 5Chapeau tronconique ou tubulaire en zinc ou en poterie, que l'on place au dessus d'un tuyau de cheminée pour éviter l'introduction de la pluie.
- 6Préservatif masculin, condom.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acpote,caopte,capoet,capotte,cappote,captoe,ccapote,cpaote
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capote - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “capote”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-P-O-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.pɔt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “côte” - see the side-by-side comparison. capote vs côte
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.