capuchon
\ka.py.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“capuchon” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #29,684 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,684
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Couverture de tête qui se rabat en avant ou se rejette en arrière à volonté et qui fait partie de certains vêtements.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capuchon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.py.ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “capuchon” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for capuchon is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.py.ʃɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #29,684 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for capuchon, with forms such as "acpuchon", "capcuhon", and "cappuchon". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "capucin", "capuche", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is capuchon, spelled C-A-P-U-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Couverture de tête qui se rabat en avant ou se rejette en arrière à volonté et qui fait partie de certains vêtements.
- 2Repli mobile de peau et de muqueuse coulissant et non roulant, qui couvre plus ou moins le gland du clitoris de la femme et le protège à l’état de flaccidité.
- 3Prolongement creux et conique, plus ou moins long, en forme de sac ou de casque, qu’on remarque dans les pétales et sépales de certaines plantes, comme les aconits, etc.
- 4Synonyme de aconit napel (espèce de plantes).
- 5Ce qui a, ou ce qui rappelle la forme d’un capuchon (couvercle d’un tuyau, de cheminée ou de locomotive ; fermeture d’un stylo…)
- 6Tôle conique que l'on dispose au dessus d'un conduit de cheminée et qui protège de l'entrée de l’eau on dit aussi mitre.
- 7Guerre du capuchon : Discorde qui éclata au XIIIᵉ siècle sur la longueur des capuchons des moines.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acpuchon,capcuhon,cappuchon,capucchon,capuchhon,capuchno,capuchonn,capucohn,capuhcon,caupchon,ccapuchon,cpauchon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capuchon - 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.
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.
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Using “capuchon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-P-U-C-H-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.py.ʃɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “capucin” - see the side-by-side comparison. capuchon vs capucin
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.