Which to use
“capoter” and “captée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,690
- “capoter” frequency rank
- #39,691
- “captée” frequency rank
- 78381
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | capoter | captée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Être renversé sens dessus dessous, en parlant d’une embarcation, d’une automobile, d’un avion. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe capter. |
Where the eye mixes capoter and captée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. capoter runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against captée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses capoter with captée
A purely visual mix-up. capoter (\ka.pɔ.te\) and captée (\kap.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78381, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
capoter is recorded at frequency rank #38,690, classified as averb, pronounced \ka.pɔ.te\. captée is at rank #39,691, tagged as averb, pronounced \kap.te\.
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 78381, this pair ranks #25,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of capoter vs captée
Shared letters: acept. Private to "capoter": or. Private to "captée": é.
"capoter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "captée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- capoter ← acpoter · caopter · capoetr · capoterr · capotre · capotter · cappoter · captoer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "capoter" for "captée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "capoter" vs "captée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "capoter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "captée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "capoter" and "captée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captée vs cryptée". 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 #25,897 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.