capitel
[kapiˈt̪el]
The verdict
“capitel” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,865 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,865
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Elemento colocado sobre el fuste de la columna, que sostiene directamente al arquitrabe, arco, etc. Suele estar decorado, pudiendo adoptar diversas formas según el orden arquitectónico o el estilo:...
Corpus desk
Index ES-capitel · capitel · Spanish
capitel · rank #56,865 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,865
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH canosa
Nearest frequency peer: canosa (-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 “capitel”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cadalso
cadalso
43,141 corpus weight
- camillas
camillas
43,138 corpus weight
- canosa
canosa
43,137 corpus weight
- capitel
capitel
43,136 corpus weight
- caraduras
caraduras
43,135 corpus weight
- castelo
castelo
43,133 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “capitel” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capitel |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kapiˈt̪el] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “capitel” en español
Rare enough to double-check
capitel is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,865 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kapiˈt̪el]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Elemento colocado sobre el fuste de la columna, que sostiene directamente al arquitrabe, arco, etc. Suele estar decorado, pudiendo adoptar diversas formas según el orden arquitectónico o el estilo:...".
Zero misspellings are on record for capitel in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is capitel, spelled C-A-P-I-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1Elemento colocado sobre el fuste de la columna, que sostiene directamente al arquitrabe, arco, etc. Suele estar decorado, pudiendo adoptar diversas formas según el orden arquitectónico o el estilo: románico, gótico, etc.
This word in other languages
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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