Which to use
“capture” is a noun and “captured” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,472
- “capture” frequency rank
- #3,353
- “captured” frequency rank
- 6825
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | capture | captured |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem. | That has been captured. |
Where the eye mixes capture and captured
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: capture vs captured
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: capture is /ˈkæp.ʃə/ while captured is /ˈkæp.ʃɚd/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “capture” sits inside “captured”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6825, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
capture is recorded at frequency rank #3,472, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkæp.ʃə/. captured is at rank #3,353, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈkæp.ʃɚd/.
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 6825, this pair ranks #509,798 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of capture vs captured
Shared letters: aceprtu. Private to "capture": -. Private to "captured": d.
"capture" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "captured" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "capture" for "captured" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "capture" or "captured" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "capture" and "captured" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "capture" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "captured" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #509,798 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "capture" and "captured" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captor vs capture". 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 #509,798 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.