capoter

/\ka.pɔ.te\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,690

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

capoter is aFrenchverb. It means: Être renversé sens dessus dessous, en parlant d’une embarcation, d’une automobile, d’un avion. Pronounced \ka.pɔ.te\. Often confused with capte and coter.

Key facts for capoter
PropertyValue
Headwordcapoter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ka.pɔ.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#38,690
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for capoter is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.pɔ.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,690 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for capoter, with forms such as "acpoter", "caopter", and "capoetr". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "capte", "coter", "carter", 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 capoter, spelled C-A-P-O-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être renversé sens dessus dessous, en parlant d’une embarcation, d’une automobile, d’un avion.
  2. 2
    Échouer, annuler.
  3. 3
    S’exciter, s’emballer.
  4. 4
    Faire une crise de colère, d’impatience ou d’indignation, péter les plombs.
  5. 5
    Faire une crise causée par un sentiment d’impuissance, perdre les pédales.
  6. 6
    Perdre la raison.
  7. 7
    Protéger par un capot, recouvrir d’un capot.
  8. 8
    Faire grand cas de, avoir une grande passion pour.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acpoter,caopter,capoetr,capoterr,capotre,capotter,cappoter,captoer,ccapoter,cpaoter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for capoter

Misspelling Variants of "capoter"

acpoter7caopter7capoetr7capoterr8capotre7capotter8cappoter8captoer7
Misspelling Variants of "capoter"

Frequency rank: #38,690 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capoter"?
"capoter" is spelled C-A-P-O-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.pɔ.te\.
What does "capoter" mean?
As a verb, "capoter" means: Être renversé sens dessus dessous, en parlant d’une embarcation, d’une automobile, d’un avion.
What words are commonly confused with "capoter"?
"capoter" is commonly confused with "capte", "coter", "carter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "capoter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capoter" is \ka.pɔ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capoter" come from?
"capoter" 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.