Español homophones

capa/kappa

"capa" (#3,617 written frequency) beats "kappa" (#35,119) in this 2-word /ˈkapa/ cluster. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.

Data vintage

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈkapa/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "capa" leads at #3,617, with "kappa" trailing at #35,119.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • No shared spelling stem: "capa" is 4 letters, "kappa" is 5; only the sound ties them.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across capa, kappa: ap. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • capa

    4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV

    Inventory acp · private c

  • kappa

    5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV

    Inventory akp · private k

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "capa" when you mean: Prenda de ropa, larga y sin mangas que se ciñe a los hombros o al cuello.
  • Write "kappa" when you mean: Décima letra del alfabeto griego.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

  • capaacpa · caap · cappa · ccapa · cpaa
  • kappaakppa · kapa · kapap · kkappa · kpapa

Each spelling

capa

noun · /ˈkapa/ · #3,617 frequency

Prenda de ropa, larga y sin mangas que se ciñe a los hombros o al cuello.

kappa

noun · /ˈkapa/ · #35,119 frequency

Décima letra del alfabeto griego.

Nearby Spanish homophone groups

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list