capitavscopitaTell them apart

Which to use

“capita” and “copita” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,091
“capita” frequency rank
#48,914
“copita” frequency rank
78005
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature capita copita
Definition Forma del nominativo, vocativo y acusativo plural de caput. Diminutivo de copa

Where the eye mixes capita and copita

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. capita and copita follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
capita
6 ch
copita

Visual trap between capita and copita

A purely visual mix-up. capita (/ˈka.pi.ta/) and copita ([koˈpit̪a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “capita” becomes o in “copita”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78005, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

capita is recorded at frequency rank #29,091, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.pi.ta/. copita is at rank #48,914, tagged as anoun, pronounced [koˈpit̪a].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 78005, this pair ranks #15,119 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of capita vs copita

Shared letters: acipt. Private to "capita": -. Private to "copita": o.

"capita" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "copita" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • capita ← acpita · caipta · capiat · capitta · cappita · captia · ccapita · cpaita
  • copita ← ccopita · coipta · copiat · copitta · coppita · coptia · cpoita · ocpita

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "capita" and "copita" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈka.pi.ta/ versus [koˈpit̪a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "capita" or "copita" show up more?
"capita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,091 in our Spanish list, against #48,914 for "copita". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "capita" and "copita" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "capita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "copita" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,119 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "capita" and "copita" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "copita vs curita". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #15,119 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list