capita
"capita" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“capita” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,294
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - person
Corpus desk
Index EN-capita · capita · English
capita · rank #9,294 · 8 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,294
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH candles
Nearest frequency peer: candles (-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 “capita”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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90,710 corpus weight
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90,709 corpus weight
- candles
candles
90,708 corpus weight
- capita
capita
90,707 corpus weight
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certainty
90,706 corpus weight
- cheeks
cheeks
90,705 corpus weight
What this shows “capita” 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 | capita |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “capita”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around capita, anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,294 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "person".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for capita, with forms such as "acpita", "caipta", and "capiat". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "capt", "Carta", "cavity", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Latin capita, plural of caput. The correct English form is capita, spelled C-A-P-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1person
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how capita appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Etymology
From the Latin capita, plural of caput.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acpita
- caipta
- capiat
- capitta
- cappita
- captia
- ccapita
- cpaita
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capita - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "capita", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (8 here; floor ≥5).