Which to use
“capote” and “capotes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,875
- “capote” frequency rank
- #26,289
- “capotes” frequency rank
- 41164
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | capote | capotes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Grand vêtement de dessus auquel est adapté un capuchon. | Pluriel de capote. |
Same sound, different letters: capote vs capotes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: capote vs capotes
This is the hard kind. capote and capotes are pronounced identically (\ka.pɔt\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “capote” sits inside “capotes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41164, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
capote is recorded at frequency rank #14,875, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.pɔt\. capotes is at rank #26,289, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.pɔt\.
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 41164, this pair ranks #235,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of capote vs capotes
Shared letters: aceopt. Private to "capote": -. Private to "capotes": s.
"capote" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "capotes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "capote" and "capotes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "capote" vs "capotes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"capote" and "capotes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "capote" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "capotes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "capote" and "capotes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capotes vs captée". 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 #235,141 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.