capitale

\ka.pi.tal\

/\ka.pi.tal\/ noun

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The verdict

“capitale” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,388. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,388
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville où siègent le gouvernement et le pouvoir législatif de l’État.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capitale · capitale · French

capitale · rank #1,388 · 11 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,388
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH capitaine

Nearest frequency peer: capitaine (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « capitale »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « capitale » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

capitale vs captage
75% similar
capitale vs capitaux
75% similar
capitale vs Capitole
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for capitale
PropertyValue
Headwordcapitale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.pi.tal\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,388
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « capitale »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).capitalese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « capitaine » (#1,387), « candidat » (#1,386), « désolé » (#1,390). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « capitale » est au #1,388. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around capitale (IPA \ka.pi.tal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,388 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for capitale, with forms such as "acpitale", "caiptale", and "capiatle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "captage", "capitaux", "Capitole", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is capitale, spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville où siègent le gouvernement et le pouvoir législatif de l’État.
  2. 2
    Principal siège d’une organisation supranationale.
  3. 3
    Ville la plus importante dans un domaine particulier.
  4. 4
    Chef-lieu.
  5. 5
    Ensemble des autorités politiques desquels un ambassadeur ou un autre représentant diplomatique reçoit des instructions.
  6. 6
    Lettre de grand format comme A, B, C, par opposition à la minuscule, dont l’œil est souvent différent et de plus petit format comme a, b, c.
  7. 7
    Lettre manuscrite ou autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how capitale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Suivant les renseignements officiels qui m’ont été communiqués, la population de Reykjavik est actuellement de 2,600 habitants, ce qui est déjà bien respectable pour la capitale d’un pays qui ne compte que 70,000 âmes; […]
  2. Le Roi des Rois est enfin revenu dans sa capitale. Il a conquis le monde jusqu’aux rives de la mer Rouge, jusqu’aux monts arides du Caucase, jusqu’aux terres inviolées où la neige tombe même en été.

Synonyms

mecquehaut-de-casse

This word in other languages

capital(English)capital(Español)Hauptstadt(Deutsch)capital(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acpitale
  • caiptale
  • capiatle
  • capitael
  • capitalle
  • capitlae
  • capittale
  • cappitale
  • captiale
  • ccapitale
  • cpaitale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capitale - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acpitale2caiptale2capiatle2capitael2capitalle1capitlae2capittale1cappitale1
Edit distance from "capitale"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capitale"?
"capitale" is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.pi.tal\.
What does "capitale" mean?
As a noun, "capitale" means: Ville où siègent le gouvernement et le pouvoir législatif de l’État.
What words are commonly confused with "capitale"?
"capitale" is commonly confused with "captage", "capitaux", "Capitole". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "capitale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capitale" is \ka.pi.tal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capitale" come from?
"capitale" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "capitale", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

candidat#1,386approche#1,385européen#1,391victimes#1,382

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Marseille11 variantsrecevoir11 variantsnaissance11 variantsrégions11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list