capacity
/kəˈpæ.sɪ.ti/
"capacity" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“capacity” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,988. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,988
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
Corpus desk
Index EN-capacity · capacity · English
capacity · rank #1,988 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,988
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH bringing
Nearest frequency peer: bringing (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “capacity”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bear
bear
98,016 corpus weight
- boat
boat
98,015 corpus weight
- bringing
bringing
98,014 corpus weight
- capacity
capacity
98,013 corpus weight
- cheap
cheap
98,012 corpus weight
- climate
climate
98,011 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “capacity” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capacity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈpæ.sɪ.ti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “capacity” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around capacity (IPA /kəˈpæ.sɪ.ti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,988 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for capacity, with forms such as "acpacity", "caapcity", and "capaccity". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "calamity", "capacitor", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās, from capāx (“able to hold much”), from capiō (“to hold, to contain, to take, to understand”). The correct English form is capacity, spelled C-A-P-A-C-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- 2A measure of such ability; volume.
- 3A measure of such ability; volume.
- 4Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- 5The maximum that can be produced.
- 6The maximum that can be produced.
- 7The potential for growth and development.
- 8The potential for growth and development.
- 9A role; the position in which one functions.
- 10A role; the position in which one functions.
- 11Electrical capacitance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how capacity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was hauling a capacity load.
The orchestra played to a capacity crowd.
Etymology
From Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās, from capāx (“able to hold much”), from capiō (“to hold, to contain, to take, to understand”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acpacity
- caapcity
- capaccity
- capacitty
- capacityy
- capaciyt
- capactiy
- capaicty
- capcaity
- cappacity
- ccapacity
- cpaacity
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capacity - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "capacity" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "calamity". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,988 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
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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.