Which to use
“capacité” and “capucine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,355
- “capacité” frequency rank
- #38,691
- “capucine” frequency rank
- 40046
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | capacité | capucine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pouvoir de réaliser ou de produire quelque chose, en parlant de personnes ou de choses ; aptitude ; faculté ; force ; habileté. | Religieuse de l’ordre des Clarisses capucines. |
Where the eye mixes capacité and capucine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: capacité vs capucine
A purely visual mix-up. capacité (\ka.pa.si.te\) and capucine (\ka.py.sin\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
capacité is recorded at frequency rank #1,355, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.pa.si.te\. capucine is at rank #38,691, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.py.sin\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 40046, this pair ranks #243,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of capacité vs capucine
Shared letters: acip. Private to "capacité": té. Private to "capucine": enu.
"capacité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "capucine" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- capucine ← acpucine · capcuine · cappucine · capuccine · capucien · capucinne · capucnie · capuicne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "capacité" for "capucine" ever safe?
Which is more common, "capacité" or "capucine"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "capacité" and "capucine" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "capacité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "capucine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #243,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "capacité" and "capucine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capucin vs capucine". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #243,449 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.