capitalise
verb
capitalise is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “capitalise vs capitalize” about 40 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, capitalise means “Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in capitalise?
| Letters | 10: C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is capitalise?
Capitalise appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce capitalise?
- General-American
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst-capitalise.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with capitalise
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: capitalize.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of capitalise
- capitalises present, singular, he/she/it
- capitalising participle, present
- capitalised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does capitalise mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
UKNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).