capito
[kaˈpiːto]
The verdict
“capito” is uncommon German (frequency #90,083 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,083
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Singular Maskulinum des Partizips Perfekt des Verbs capire
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capito |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaˈpiːto] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,083 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “capito” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
capito is uncommon German at frequency #90,083 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kaˈpiːto]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Singular Maskulinum des Partizips Perfekt des Verbs capire".
No generated misspelling entries exist for capito in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is capito, spelled C-A-P-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Singular Maskulinum des Partizips Perfekt des Verbs capire
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “capito”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-A-P-I-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaˈpiːto] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.