caps

\kap\

/\kap\/ noun

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The verdict

“caps” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,128. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,128
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capture d’écran de télévision représentant des jolies filles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-caps · caps · French

caps · rank #23,128 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,128
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calculatrice

Nearest frequency peer: calculatrice (-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 « caps »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « caps » 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).

caps vs CP
0% similar
caps vs Cs
25% similar
caps vs ces
50% similar

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

Key facts for caps
PropertyValue
Headwordcaps
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kap\
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,128
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « caps »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).capsse 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 « calculatrice » (#23,127), « caravanes » (#23,129), « caille » (#23,126). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caps » est au #23,128. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around caps (IPA \kap\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,128 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Capture d’écran de télévision représentant des jolies filles.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for caps, with forms such as "acps", "capps", and "capss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CP", "Cs", "ces", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is caps, spelled C-A-P-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capture d’écran de télévision représentant des jolies filles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il y a ceux qui donnent des caps brutes et ceux qui les retouchent. Les bons capseurs retouchent généralement les images (recadrage, Neat Image, suppression de détails génants etc.).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acps
  • capps
  • capss
  • casp
  • ccaps

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caps - 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.

acps2capps1capss1casp2ccaps1
Edit distance from "caps"

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 "caps"?
"caps" is spelled C-A-P-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kap\.
What does "caps" mean?
As a noun, "caps" means: Capture d’écran de télévision représentant des jolies filles.
What words are commonly confused with "caps"?
"caps" is commonly confused with "CP", "Cs", "ces". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caps"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caps" is \kap\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caps" come from?
"caps" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Blum#23,120cold#23,139beer#23,113cute#23,165

Similar misspelling depth

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

Doha5 variantsgoal5 variantssaul5 variantsRocco5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list