capriccio
\ka.ˈprit.t͡ʃo\
The verdict
“capriccio” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caprice.
Corpus desk
Index FR-capriccio · capriccio · French
capriccio · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | capriccio |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ˈprit.t͡ʃo\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « capriccio » en français
Rare enough to double-check
capriccio is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ˈprit.t͡ʃo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caprice.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for capriccio, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is capriccio, spelled C-A-P-R-I-C-C-I-O.
Definition
- 1Caprice.
Synonyms
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.