capout

\ka.put\

/\ka.put\/ adj

The verdict

“capout” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cassé, gâté, brisé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capout · capout · French

capout · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for capout
PropertyValue
Headwordcapout
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ka.put\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « capout » en français

capoutreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

capout is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ka.put\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cassé, gâté, brisé.".

No misspelling variants are generated for capout in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is capout, spelled C-A-P-O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cassé, gâté, brisé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand ils ont dû marcher vers Paris, ils pleuraient, disant : Papa Antoine, nous capout, capout ! — puis, qu’ils avaient pas leurs pareils pour soigner le bestial !
  2. Du bout de sa main gantée de vert, il se tapota légèrement la tête et dit d’une voix presque paternelle : – Mütze ! – De quoi ? dit Pater en se tournant vers moi. – Il veut parler de nos calots, lui dis-je. – Nixe mutsé, s’écria Pater volubile, mutsé parti, fini mutsé, mutsé capout, a pu mutsé…

Synonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capout"?
"capout" is spelled C-A-P-O-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.put\.
What does "capout" mean?
As an adjective, "capout" means: Cassé, gâté, brisé.
How do you pronounce "capout"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capout" is \ka.put\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capout" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list