capitalise

Name: capitalise, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“capitalise” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,047. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,047
frequency rank, English: 5,599
“C” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalize.

Corpus desk

Index EN-capitalise · capitalise · English

capitalise · rank #42,047 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #42,047
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,599
PHOTO-FINISH Calabria

Nearest frequency peer: Calabria (-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.

Cadiz

57,957
Caicos

57,956
Calabria

57,955
capitalise

57,954
capstone

57,953
carpeting

57,952

What this shows “capitalise” 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).

capitalise vs capitalism

90% similar

capitalise vs capitalist

90% similar

capitalise vs capitalize

90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for capitalise
Property	Value
Headword	capitalise
Language	English
Part of speech	Verb
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#42,047
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “capitalise”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).capitaliselands here:

#42,047

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Calabria” (#42,046), “capstone” (#42,048), “Caicos” (#42,045). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “capitalise” is #42,047. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around capitalise, averb. Corpus frequency is #42,047 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalize.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for capitalise, with forms such as "acpitalise", "caiptalise", and "capiatlise". 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, "capitalism", "capitalist", "capitalize", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is capitalise, spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-E.

Definition

1
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalize.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how capitalise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

One of the remotest Cambridgeshire stations is enjoying an uplift in business from commuters capitalising on its cheaper park-and-ride benefits, as an alternative to Ely.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

acpitalise
caiptalise
capiatlise
capitailse
capitalies
capitalisse
capitallise
capitalsie
capitlaise
capittalise
cappitalise
captialise
ccapitalise
cpaitalise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capitalise - 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.

Edit distance from "capitalise"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capitalise"?

"capitalise" is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-E.

What does "capitalise" mean?

As a verb, "capitalise" means: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalize.

What words are commonly confused with "capitalise"?

"capitalise" is commonly confused with "capitalism", "capitalist", "capitalize". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "capitalise" come from?

"capitalise" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "capitalise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

changeover#42,056 cleverness#42,064 convective#42,071 asymptotic#42,007

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

carpeting14 variants catalysis14 variants colloquially14 variants congruent14 variants