Kap

noun

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The verdict

“Kap” is uncommon French (frequency #86,845 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,845
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cap.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kap · Kap · French

Kap · rank #86,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,845
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kapo

Nearest frequency peer: kapo (+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 « Kap »

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 « Kap » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kap
PropertyValue
HeadwordKap
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#86,845
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Kap » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Kaptombe 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: « kapo » (#86,846), « kaj » (#86,843), « Karsenti » (#86,847). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kap » est au #86,845. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kap is uncommon French at frequency #86,845 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cap.".

Kap doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Kap, spelled K-A-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cap.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nachfolgend werden bedeutende 'Kaps' aufgelistet:

Synonyms

LandzungeLandspitze

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 "Kap"?
"Kap" is spelled K-A-P.
What does "Kap" mean?
As a noun, "Kap" means: Cap.
What language does "Kap" come from?
"Kap" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

kaj#86,843KPI#86,855kul#86,858LRU#86,882

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list