capuce
\ka.pys\
The verdict
“capuce” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capuchon en pointe dont se servent certains ordres religieux tels les capucins
Corpus desk
Index FR-capuce · capuce · French
capuce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | capuce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.pys\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « capuce » en français
Rare enough to double-check
capuce is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.pys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for capuce, 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is capuce, spelled C-A-P-U-C-E.
Definition
- 1Capuchon en pointe dont se servent certains ordres religieux tels les capucins
- 2Un des trois éléments de la garde de certaines épées et certains sabres, avec la poignée et le pommeau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how capuce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Padre Pugnaccio, le crâne hors du capuce, montait les escaliers du dôme Saint-Pierre, entre deux dévotes enveloppées de mantilles, ….
Foin des duchesses et des courtisanes, des bourgeoises et des bergères ! qui dit femme dit tracasseries, mécomptes ou aventures maussades. Je les hais de la coiffe au patin, et je vais me confire en chasteté comme un moinillon en sa capuce.
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.