Kap.

abbrev

The verdict

“Kap.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kapitel

Corpus desk

Index DE-kap · Kap. · German

Kap. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "K" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for Kap.
PropertyValue
HeadwordKap.
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters4
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kap.“ im Deutschen

Kap.schafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kap. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kapitel".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kap., which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 Kap., spelled K-A-P-..

Definition

  1. 1
    Kapitel

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Kap. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Band 3, Kap. 24, Seite 731

Synonyms

K.Kp.Kpt.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kap."?
"Kap." is spelled K-A-P-..
What does "Kap." mean?
As an abbreviation, "Kap." means: Kapitel
What language does "Kap." come from?
"Kap." is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list