capote

/\ka.pɔt\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,875

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

capote is aFrenchnoun. It means: Grand vêtement de dessus auquel est adapté un capuchon. Pronounced \ka.pɔt\. Often confused with côte and carte.

Key facts for capote
PropertyValue
Headwordcapote
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.pɔt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,875
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of capote in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for capote is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for capote, with forms such as "acpote", "caopte", and "capoet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is capote, spelled C-A-P-O-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grand vêtement de dessus auquel est adapté un capuchon.
  2. 2
    Vêtement de dessus que portent les soldats pour se garantir du froid et de la pluie.
  3. 3
    Coiffe de femme qui est faite ordinairement en étoffe.
  4. 4
    Couverture mobile de voitures, de landaus, etc.
  5. 5
    Chapeau 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.
  6. 6
    Préservatif masculin, condom.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acpote,caopte,capoet,capotte,cappote,captoe,ccapote,cpaote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for capote

Misspelling Variants of "capote"

acpote6caopte6capoet6capotte7cappote7captoe6ccapote7cpaote6
Misspelling Variants of "capote"

Frequency rank: #14,875 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capote"?
"capote" is spelled C-A-P-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.pɔt\.
What does "capote" mean?
As a noun, "capote" means: Grand vêtement de dessus auquel est adapté un capuchon.
What words are commonly confused with "capote"?
"capote" is commonly confused with "côte", "carte", "capte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "capote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capote" is \ka.pɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capote" come from?
"capote" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.