caprices

\ka.pʁis\

/\ka.pʁis\/ noun

The verdict

“caprices” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,230. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,230
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de caprice.

Corpus desk

Index FR-caprices · caprices · French

caprices · rank #19,230 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,230
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH capitulation

Nearest frequency peer: capitulation (-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 « caprices »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « caprices » 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).

caprices vs caries
75% similar
caprices vs caprice
88% similar

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

Key facts for caprices
PropertyValue
Headwordcaprices
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.pʁis\
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,230
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « caprices »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.capricesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « capitulation » (#19,229), « castille » (#19,231), « cachant » (#19,228). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caprices » est au #19,230. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around caprices (IPA \ka.pʁis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,230 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de caprice.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for caprices, with forms such as "acprices", "capirces", and "capprices". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "caries", "caprice", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is caprices, spelled C-A-P-R-I-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de caprice.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ainsi faisait M. Picard, qui, ministre à Bruxelles, trouvait plus commode encore de toucher les appointements attachés à des fonctions qu’il ne remplissait point, et ne débougeait pas de Paris, secondant de son vote docile les caprices de M. Thiers.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acprices
  • capirces
  • capprices
  • caprcies
  • capricces
  • capricess
  • capricse
  • capriecs
  • caprrices
  • carpices
  • ccaprices
  • cparices

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caprices - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acprices2capirces2capprices1caprcies2capricces1capricess1capricse2capriecs2
Edit distance from "caprices"

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 "caprices"?
"caprices" is spelled C-A-P-R-I-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.pʁis\.
What does "caprices" mean?
As a noun, "caprices" means: Pluriel de caprice.
What words are commonly confused with "caprices"?
"caprices" is commonly confused with "caries", "caprice". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caprices"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caprices" is \ka.pʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caprices" come from?
"caprices" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list