Which to use
“caprice” and “caprices” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,144
- “caprice” frequency rank
- #19,230
- “caprices” frequency rank
- 37374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caprice | caprices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Volonté irréfléchie, soudaine et passagère. | Pluriel de caprice. |
Same sound, different letters: caprice vs caprices
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - caprice and caprices
This is the hard kind. caprice and caprices are pronounced identically (\ka.pʁis\) 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) - “caprice” sits inside “caprices”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caprice is recorded at frequency rank #18,144, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.pʁis\. caprices is at rank #19,230, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.pʁis\.
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 37374, this pair ranks #262,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of caprice vs caprices
Shared letters: aceipr. Private to "caprice": -. Private to "caprices": s.
"caprice" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "caprices" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "caprice" and "caprices" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "caprice" or "caprices"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "caprice" / "caprices". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "caprice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caprices" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caprice" and "caprices" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caprice vs captivé". 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 #262,933 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.