captan
/ˈkæpˌtæn/noun
captan is spelled C-A-P-T-A-N: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, captan means “A particular phthalimide fungicide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in captan?
| Letters | 6: C-A-P-T-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 44 million words; the 204,233rd 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; 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 captan?
Captan appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd 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 captan?
- /ˈkæpˌtæn/
- /ˈkæp.tən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with captan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as captan.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: catnap.
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).
What does captan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A particular phthalimide fungicide.
- 2
Ethyl mercaptan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).