# capture

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkæp.ʃə/ · frequency rank #3,472

## Definitions
1. An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
2. The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
3. Something that has been captured; a captive.
4. The recording or storage of something for later playback.
5. A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb).

## Easily confused with
- **culture** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/capture-vs-culture)
- **couture** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/capture-vs-couture)
- **captured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/capture-vs-captured)
- **captor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/captor-vs-capture)
- **capsule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/capsule-vs-capture)
- **captive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/captive-vs-capture)

## Common misspellings (10)
`acpture`, `cappture`, `captrue`, `captture`, `captuer`, `capturre`, `caputre`, `catpure`, `ccapture`, `cpature`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/capture