décapiter

/\de.ka.pi.te\/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,456

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

décapiter is aFrenchverb. It means: Trancher la tête à une personne avec une épée, une hache (sur le billot), ou au moyen de la guillotine. Pronounced \de.ka.pi.te\. Often confused with décapités and décapitée.

Key facts for décapiter
PropertyValue
Headworddécapiter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.ka.pi.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,456
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for décapiter is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.ka.pi.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,456 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for décapiter, with forms such as "dcéapiter", "ddécapiter", and "decapiter". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "décapités", "décapitée", 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 décapiter, spelled D-É-C-A-P-I-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trancher la tête à une personne avec une épée, une hache (sur le billot), ou au moyen de la guillotine.
  2. 2
    Ôter la tête d'un animal.
  3. 3
    Enlever, ôter, la partie supérieure.
  4. 4
    Éliminer physiquement les quelques personnes qui dirigent un mouvement ennemi, qui en sont l’âme et la force, et laisser les autres tranquilles.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dcéapiter,ddécapiter,decapiter,déacpiter,décaipter,décapietr,décapiterr,décapitre,décapitter,décappiter,décaptier,déccapiter,décpaiter,édcapiter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for décapiter

Misspelling Variants of "décapiter"

dcéapiter9ddécapiter10decapiter9déacpiter9décaipter9décapietr9décapiterr10décapitre9
Misspelling Variants of "décapiter"

Frequency rank: #31,456 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "décapiter"?
"décapiter" is spelled D-É-C-A-P-I-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ka.pi.te\.
What does "décapiter" mean?
As a verb, "décapiter" means: Trancher la tête à une personne avec une épée, une hache (sur le billot), ou au moyen de la guillotine.
What words are commonly confused with "décapiter"?
"décapiter" is commonly confused with "décapités", "décapitée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "décapiter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "décapiter" is \de.ka.pi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "décapiter" come from?
"décapiter" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.