Kapitän
\kapiˈtɛːn\
The verdict
“Kapitän” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitaine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kapitan · Kapitän · French
Kapitän · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kapitän |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kapiˈtɛːn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Kapitän is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kapiˈtɛːn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kapitän, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Kapitän, spelled K-A-P-I-T-Ä-N.
Definition
- 1Capitaine.
- 2Commandant de bord.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kapitän appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hier spricht Ihr Kapitän, bitte nehmen Sie umgehend Ihre Plätze wieder ein, schließen Sie die Sicherheitsgurte und schalten Sie alle elektronischen Geräte aus.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.