cpt

\ka.ˈpi.to\

/\ka.ˈpi.to\/ verb

The verdict

“cpt” is uncommon French (frequency #59,200 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,200
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capito, deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de capire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cpt · cpt · French

cpt · rank #59,200 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,200
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coïncidant

Nearest frequency peer: coïncidant (-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 « cpt »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cpt » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cpt
PropertyValue
Headwordcpt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ka.ˈpi.to\
Letters3
Frequency rank#59,200
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cpt » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cpttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « coïncidant » (#59,199), « Cronenberg » (#59,201), « coulomb » (#59,198). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cpt » est au #59,200. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cpt is uncommon French at frequency #59,200 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ka.ˈpi.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capito, deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de capire.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cpt, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented 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 cpt, spelled C-P-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capito, deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de capire.

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 "cpt"?
"cpt" is spelled C-P-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ˈpi.to\.
What does "cpt" mean?
As a verb, "cpt" means: Capito, deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de capire.
How do you pronounce "cpt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cpt" is \ka.ˈpi.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cpt" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list