capote

\ka.pɔt\

/\ka.pɔt\/ noun

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The verdict

“capote” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,875
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand vêtement de dessus auquel est adapté un capuchon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capote · capote · French

capote · rank #14,875 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,875
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH campement

Nearest frequency peer: campement (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « capote »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « capote » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

capote vs côte
50% similar
capote vs carte
67% similar
capote vs capte
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « capote »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.capotese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « campement » (#14,874), « capte » (#14,876), « BTP » (#14,872). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « capote » est au #14,875. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around capote (IPA \ka.pɔt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,875 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how capote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le lieutenant Hobson et son compagnon étaient chaussés de bottes imperméables et couverts de capotes cirées, bien serrées à la taille, dont le capuchon leur enveloppait entièrement la tête.
  2. Jean Donnard allait répondre, quand les sept marins et le mousse, qui formaient le reste de son équipage, apparurent sur la cale, portant leurs capotes de toile cirée et leurs paniers d’osier.

This word in other languages

cape(English)goma(Español)Kapotte(Deutsch)preservativo(Português)

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.

acpote2caopte2capoet2capotte1cappote1captoe2ccapote1cpaote2
Edit distance from "capote"

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.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "capote", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cartel#14,878chaton#14,880Bernie#14,863coquin#14,892

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

craque8 variantsananas8 variantsamiable8 variantséveillé8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list