recapiter
\ʁə.ka.pi.te\
The verdict
“recapiter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Remettre la tête de quelqu'un sur ses épaules (après décapitation).
Corpus desk
Index FR-recapiter · recapiter · French
recapiter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | recapiter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.ka.pi.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « recapiter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
recapiter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.ka.pi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Remettre la tête de quelqu'un sur ses épaules (après décapitation).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for recapiter in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is recapiter, spelled R-E-C-A-P-I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Remettre la tête de quelqu'un sur ses épaules (après décapitation).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recapiter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Terreur aurait quand même pu recapiter quelques malheureux !
Si le Seigneur Dieu me permet de vous recapiter, selon mon bon vouloir, Parce que vous avez été débonnaire et secourable à vos sujets;
Antonyms
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.