capucine

/\ka.py.sin\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,691

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

capucine is aFrenchnoun. It means: Religieuse de l’ordre des Clarisses capucines. Pronounced \ka.py.sin\. Often confused with capucins and capuche.

Key facts for capucine
PropertyValue
Headwordcapucine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.py.sin\
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,691
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for capucine is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.py.sin\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,691 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for capucine, with forms such as "acpucine", "capcuine", and "cappucine". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "capucins", "capuche", "capucin", 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 capucine, spelled C-A-P-U-C-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Religieuse de l’ordre des Clarisses capucines.
  2. 2
    Nom usuel de plusieurs plantes du genre Tropaeolum. En particulier Tropaeolum majus, plante de la famille des Tropaeolaceae (Tropaéolacées), originaire d’Amérique du Sud, ainsi nommée parce que sa fleur est terminée par un prolongement en forme de capuchon.
  3. 3
    Fleur que porte cette plante, de couleur jaune, orangée ou rouge, selon les variétés.
  4. 4
    Pièce des arquebuses ou des fusils, en forme d’anneau, qui assujettit le canon au bois.
  5. 5
    Petit entablement composé d’un talon et d’un larmier.
  6. 6
    Courbe de bois ou de fer qui lie l’éperon d’un navire avec l’étrave.
  7. 7
    Écuelle de terre à queue. Caquelon.
  8. 8
    Crayon à plombagine.
  9. 9
    Zone de couchage haute dans une autocaravane, au-dessus de la cabine de conduite, ce qui lui permet d’offrir un nombre de places plus important pour un même encombrement au sol.
  10. 10
    L’autocaravane elle-même, lorsqu’elle est pourvue d’une capucine.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acpucine,capcuine,cappucine,capuccine,capucien,capucinne,capucnie,capuicne,caupcine,ccapucine,cpaucine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for capucine

Misspelling Variants of "capucine"

acpucine8capcuine8cappucine9capuccine9capucien8capucinne9capucnie8capuicne8
Misspelling Variants of "capucine"

Frequency rank: #38,691 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capucine"?
"capucine" is spelled C-A-P-U-C-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.py.sin\.
What does "capucine" mean?
As a noun, "capucine" means: Religieuse de l’ordre des Clarisses capucines.
What words are commonly confused with "capucine"?
"capucine" is commonly confused with "capucins", "capuche", "capucin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "capucine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capucine" is \ka.py.sin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capucine" come from?
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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.