capuchons
\ka.py.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“capuchons” is uncommon French (frequency #99,963 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,963
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de capuchon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-capuchons · capuchons · French
capuchons · rank #99,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,963
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH capitulations
Nearest frequency peer: capitulations (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « capuchons »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- canope
canope
41 corpus weight
- canotier
canotier
40 corpus weight
- capitulatio…
capitulations
39 corpus weight
- capuchons
capuchons
38 corpus weight
- carabin
carabin
37 corpus weight
- carambars
carambars
36 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « capuchons » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capuchons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.py.ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « capuchons » en français
Rare enough to double-check
capuchons is uncommon French at frequency #99,963 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.py.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de capuchon.".
capuchons has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is capuchons, spelled C-A-P-U-C-H-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de capuchon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how capuchons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On sait aujourd’hui que plus on vieillit, plus les télomères, ces petits capuchons qui prolongent pour les protéger les rubans d’ADN, raccourcissent.
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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