capela
[kɜˈpɛłɜ]
The verdict
“capela” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,038 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,038
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capilla.
Corpus desk
Index ES-capela · capela · Spanish
capela · rank #77,038 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,038
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH Capello
Nearest frequency peer: Capello (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “capela”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cando
cando
22,965 corpus weight
- capela
capela
22,963 corpus weight
- Capello
Capello
22,962 corpus weight
- captador
captador
22,961 corpus weight
- carburantes
carburantes
22,960 corpus weight
- carpetazo
carpetazo
22,957 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “capela” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capela |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɜˈpɛłɜ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “capela” en español
Rare enough to double-check
capela is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,038 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɜˈpɛłɜ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
capela doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is capela, spelled C-A-P-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1Capilla.
- 2Ramo.
- 3Orquesta, banda.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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