Capella
"capella" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Capella” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,519. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,519
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A bright double star in the constellation Auriga; Alpha (α) Aurigae.
Corpus desk
Index EN-capella · Capella · English
Capella · rank #47,519 · 7 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,519
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cally
Nearest frequency peer: Cally (-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 “Capella”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- calcareous
calcareous
52,485 corpus weight
- callus
callus
52,484 corpus weight
- Cally
Cally
52,483 corpus weight
- Capella
Capella
52,482 corpus weight
- capote
capote
52,481 corpus weight
- Carmarthens…
Carmarthenshire
52,480 corpus weight
What this shows “Capella” 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 | Capella |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Capella”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Capella, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,519 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A bright double star in the constellation Auriga; Alpha (α) Aurigae.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Capella, with forms such as "acpella", "caeplla", and "capela". 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, "Cappella", "Camilla", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin capella (“she-goat; kid”). The correct English form is Capella, spelled C-A-P-E-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1A bright double star in the constellation Auriga; Alpha (α) Aurigae.
Etymology
From Latin capella (“she-goat; kid”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acpella
- caeplla
- capela
- capelal
- caplela
- ccapella
- cpaella
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Capella - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).