caprice

\ka.pʁis\

/\ka.pʁis\/ noun

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The verdict

“caprice” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,144. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,144
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Volonté irréfléchie, soudaine et passagère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-caprice · caprice · French

caprice · rank #18,144 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,144
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH challenges

Nearest frequency peer: challenges (+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 « caprice »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « caprice » 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).

caprice vs carie
71% similar
caprice vs Carrie
57% similar
caprice vs Carine
57% similar

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

Key facts for caprice
PropertyValue
Headwordcaprice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.pʁis\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,144
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « caprice »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.capricese 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 « challenges » (#18,145), « cadenas » (#18,142), « chapiteau » (#18,146). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caprice » est au #18,144. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around caprice (IPA \ka.pʁis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,144 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for caprice, with forms such as "acprice", "capirce", and "capprice". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "carie", "Carrie", "Carine", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 caprice, spelled C-A-P-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Volonté irréfléchie, soudaine et passagère.
  2. 2
    Fantaisie.
  3. 3
    Fantaisie.
  4. 4
    Inclination pour quelqu’un ou pour quelque chose, qui naît brusquement et qui ne dure pas.
  5. 5
    Irrégularités des changements auxquels certaines choses sont sujettes.
  6. 6
    Pleurs et cris d'un enfant quand celui ci veut quelque chose qu'il ne peut avoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Toutes les actions de Nadir ne furent plus que les caprices sanglants d'un despote cruel et avare; et lorsque des insurrections, habilement fomentées par les prêtres schiites, éclatèrent de tous les côtés, la violence de Nadir se tourna en fureur.
  2. Soumis au caprice du pouvoir impérial, ces prisonniers ne restèrent pas tous dans les résidences où ils furent saisis.

Synonyms

fantaisiefolielubiemaniesuperstitiontoquade

This word in other languages

caprice(English)antojo(Español)Laune(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acprice
  • capirce
  • capprice
  • caprcie
  • capricce
  • capriec
  • caprrice
  • carpice
  • ccaprice
  • cparice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caprice - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acprice2capirce2capprice1caprcie2capricce1capriec2caprrice1carpice2
Edit distance from "caprice"

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 "caprice"?
"caprice" is spelled C-A-P-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.pʁis\.
What does "caprice" mean?
As a noun, "caprice" means: Volonté irréfléchie, soudaine et passagère.
What words are commonly confused with "caprice"?
"caprice" is commonly confused with "carie", "Carrie", "Carine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caprice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caprice" is \ka.pʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caprice" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cadenas#18,142brûlent#18,140brousse#18,139boîtier#18,138

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

chênes10 variantscolliers10 variantsblonds10 variantsattaches10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list