capucin

/\ka.py.sɛ̃\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,324

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

capucin is aFrenchnoun. It means: Membre de l'ordre des frères mineurs capucins. Pronounced \ka.py.sɛ̃\. Often confused with capucins and capucine.

Key facts for capucin
PropertyValue
Headwordcapucin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.py.sɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,324
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of capucin in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for capucin is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.py.sɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,324 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for capucin, with forms such as "acpucin", "capcuin", and "cappucin". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "capucins", "capucine", "captain", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is capucin, spelled C-A-P-U-C-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Membre de l'ordre des frères mineurs capucins.
  2. 2
    Homme qui prêche la morale et la dévotion d'une manière affectée et triviale.
  3. 3
    Sajou, singe de la famille des Cébidés, ainsi nommé parce qu’il a une barbe rappelant celle des capucins.
  4. 4
    Nom vernaculaire du lièvre, en particulier dans la région des Ardennes.
  5. 5
    Nom donné à des coléoptères dont la tête est cachée sous le pronotum comme celle d’un moine sous la capuche.
  6. 6
    Variété de pigeon d'ornement.
  7. 7
    Papier épais et rigide de forme triangulaire que l'imprimeur colle dans la marge pour maintenir une feuille quand elle est trop petite.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acpucin,capcuin,cappucin,capuccin,capucinn,capucni,capuicn,caupcin,ccapucin,cpaucin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for capucin

Misspelling Variants of "capucin"

acpucin7capcuin7cappucin8capuccin8capucinn8capucni7capuicn7caupcin7
Misspelling Variants of "capucin"

Frequency rank: #43,324 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capucin"?
"capucin" is spelled C-A-P-U-C-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.py.sɛ̃\.
What does "capucin" mean?
As a noun, "capucin" means: Membre de l'ordre des frères mineurs capucins.
What words are commonly confused with "capucin"?
"capucin" is commonly confused with "capucins", "capucine", "captain". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "capucin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capucin" is \ka.py.sɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capucin" come from?
"capucin" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.