capucine

\ka.py.sin\

/\ka.py.sin\/ noun

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The verdict

“capucine” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,691. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,691
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Religieuse de l’ordre des Clarisses capucines.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capucine · capucine · French

capucine · rank #38,691 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,691
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH capoter

Nearest frequency peer: capoter (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « capucine »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « capucine » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

capucine vs capucins
88% similar
capucine vs capuche
75% similar
capucine vs capucin
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « capucine »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.capucinese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « capoter » (#38,690), « caux » (#38,692), « capo » (#38,689). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « capucine » est au #38,691. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around capucine (IPA \ka.py.sin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,691 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for capucine, with forms such as "acpucine", "capcuine", and "cappucine". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "capucins", "capuche", "capucin", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is capucine, spelled C-A-P-U-C-I-N-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how capucine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les capucines étaient non-seulement confessées et dirigées par les capucins, mais nourries par eux et du produit de leurs quêtes.
  2. La capucine peut se multiplier de boutures. À cet effet on choisit l’extrémité des branches les plus vigoureuses ; & après en avoir coupé la longueur de quelques pouces, on la plante dans du terreau bien consommé.

Synonyms

cresson du Mexique

This word in other languages

Capuchiness(English)capuchina(Español)Kapuzinerin(Deutsch)capuchinha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acpucine
  • capcuine
  • cappucine
  • capuccine
  • capucien
  • capucinne
  • capucnie
  • capuicne
  • caupcine
  • ccapucine
  • cpaucine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capucine - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acpucine2capcuine2cappucine1capuccine1capucien2capucinne1capucnie2capuicne2
Edit distance from "capucine"

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.

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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "capucine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cagliari#38,687cheminot#38,697chéquier#38,701Bradford#38,680

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

chiches11 variantsClaudius11 variantsColigny11 variantscomfort11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list