capitale
\ka.pi.tal\
The verdict
“capitale” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,388 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,388
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville où siègent le gouvernement et le pouvoir législatif de l’État.
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 | capitale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.pi.tal\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “capitale” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for capitale is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.pi.tal\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,388 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Ville où siègent le gouvernement et le pouvoir législatif de l’État.
- 2Principal siège d’une organisation supranationale.
- 3Ville la plus importante dans un domaine particulier.
- 4Chef-lieu.
- 5Ensemble des autorités politiques desquels un ambassadeur ou un autre représentant diplomatique reçoit des instructions.
- 6Lettre 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.
- 7Lettre manuscrite ou autre.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “capitale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-P-I-T-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.pi.tal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “captage” - see the side-by-side comparison. capitale vs captage
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.