English homophones
capital/capitol
"capital" (#1,044 written frequency) beats "capitol" (#7,103) in this 2-word /ˈkæpɪtəl/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈkæpɪtəl/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "capital" leads at #1,044, with "capitol" trailing at #7,103.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "capit" then splits - "capital" (7 letters) vs "capitol" (7).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across capital, capitol: acilpt. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
capital
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVCVC
Inventory acilpt · no private letters vs siblings
capitol
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVCVC
Inventory acilopt · private o
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "capital" when you mean: Money and wealth: the means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
- Write "capitol" when you mean: Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (capital, capitol). Here's where to go from here.
- "capital" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #1,044 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: cause · cores. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "capital, capitol" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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