peine capitale
\pɛn ka.pi.tal\
The verdict
“peine capitale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peine de mort.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peine-capitale · peine capitale · French
peine capitale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | peine capitale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛn ka.pi.tal\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « peine capitale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
peine capitale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛn ka.pi.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Peine de mort.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for peine capitale, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is peine capitale, spelled P-E-I-N-E- -C-A-P-I-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Peine de mort.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how peine capitale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin, le 7 prairial, après des délibérations pendant lesquelles s’étaient exercées les plus fortes pressions sur les rares jurés susceptibles de prononcer l’acquittement général, […], le jury de Vendôme acquittait presque tous les accusés, mais condamnait sept d’entre eux (Buonarroti, Germain, Moroy, Cazin, Blondeau, Mennessier, Bouin) à la déportation,…
En République islamique d’Iran, il s’agit de la seconde condamnation à la peine capitale pour insulte au prophète de l’islam. En février 2014, un dénommé Rouhollah Tavana avait été exécuté pour avoir diffusé un clip jugé outrageant à la personne du Prophète.
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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.