CAPCOM
"capcom" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“CAPCOM” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,358. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,358
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clipping of capsule communicator; a NASA position, the liaison between an in-space crew and mission control.
Corpus desk
Index EN-capcom · CAPCOM · English
CAPCOM · rank #26,358 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,358
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cantonese
Nearest frequency peer: Cantonese (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “CAPCOM”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- callous
callous
73,646 corpus weight
- Canadiens
Canadiens
73,645 corpus weight
- Cantonese
Cantonese
73,644 corpus weight
- CAPCOM
CAPCOM
73,643 corpus weight
- cardiology
cardiology
73,642 corpus weight
- carlin
carlin
73,641 corpus weight
What this shows “CAPCOM” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | CAPCOM |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “CAPCOM”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around CAPCOM, anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,358 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Clipping of capsule communicator; a NASA position, the liaison between an in-space crew and mission control.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for CAPCOM, with forms such as "acpcom", "cacpom", and "capccom". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "capo", "captor", "Caicos", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is CAPCOM, spelled C-A-P-C-O-M.
Definition
- 1Clipping of capsule communicator; a NASA position, the liaison between an in-space crew and mission control.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how CAPCOM appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Normally, the Capcom was a fellow astronaut. At Mission Control in Mission Elapsed Time 6:37, the man sitting at the fourth Houston seat in the second row of consoles at Mission Control was Capcom Michael Collins, who had been scrubbed from this very mission due to the occurrence of a bone spur on his spine.
“Apex One here. Do you read, Capcom?” Dad's voice said, “I read. Do you have the package?” “Roger that, Capcom. Let's do this thing.” When I'd rendezvoused with Tinkerbell, we'd done it in stages, adjusting location, velocities, and headings until I'd gotten a visual.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acpcom
- cacpom
- capccom
- capcmo
- capcomm
- capocm
- cappcom
- ccapcom
- cpacom
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of CAPCOM - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).