câpre
\kɑpʁ\
The verdict
“câpre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bouton à fleurs du câprier, que l’on confit ordinairement dans le vinaigre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-capre · câpre · French
câpre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | câpre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑpʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « câpre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
câpre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɑpʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bouton à fleurs du câprier, que l’on confit ordinairement dans le vinaigre.".
câpre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is câpre, spelled C-Â-P-R-E.
Definition
- 1Bouton à fleurs du câprier, que l’on confit ordinairement dans le vinaigre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how câpre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans un grand bol ou un saladier, mélangez la passata de tomates avec l’huile d’olive, une 1/2 c. à café de sel de mer, l’ail haché, le piment, les lentilles égouttées, la courge râpée, les olives hachées, les câpres et le zeste de citron.
Moi, répondit Platon, je ne vivois ordinairement en Sicile que de câpres, d’olives et d’autres choses semblables, comme je fais dans ce pays-ci. Quoi donc, répliqua Diogène, étoit-il besoin pour cela d’aller à Syracuse ? Est-ce que dans ce temps-là il n’y avoit ni câpres ni olives à Athènes ?
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.