capitan
/kæpɪˈtæn/noun
capitan is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-N: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, capitan means “Captain (in Spanish-speaking contexts)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of capitan is capitans.
How many letters and syllables are in capitan?
| Letters | 7: C-A-P-I-T-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,767th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is capitan?
Capitan appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th 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 capitan?
- /kæpɪˈtæn/
Capitan has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-capitan.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with capitan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as capitan.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: captain.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of capitan
- capitans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does capitan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Captain (in Spanish-speaking contexts).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does capitan come from?
Borrowed from Spanish capitán. Doublet of captain and chieftain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).