capo
[ˈkapo]
The verdict
“capo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #11,730. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,730
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jefe de una banda mafiosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-capo · capo · Spanish
capo · rank #11,730 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,730
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH Cantón
Nearest frequency peer: Cantón (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “capo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- camaradas
camaradas
88,274 corpus weight
- Campeche
Campeche
88,273 corpus weight
- Cantón
Cantón
88,272 corpus weight
- capo
capo
88,271 corpus weight
- caracterizan
caracterizan
88,270 corpus weight
- Charlotte
Charlotte
88,269 corpus weight
What this shows “capo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkapo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “capo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around capo (IPA [ˈkapo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,730 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for capo, with forms such as "acpo", "caop", and "cappo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "cup", "cat", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 capo, spelled C-A-P-O.
Definition
- 1Jefe de una banda mafiosa.
- 2Por extensión, persona muy capaz y hábil en algún ámbito.
- 3Vocativo usado para dirigirse a un hombre, sobre todo cuando es para remarcarle un error cometido.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acpo
- caop
- cappo
- ccapo
- cpao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "capo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).