capitalisation

\ka.pi.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\

/\ka.pi.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“capitalisation” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,087. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,087
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de capitaliser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capitalisation · capitalisation · French

capitalisation · rank #17,087 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,087
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calcaires

Nearest frequency peer: calcaires (-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 « capitalisation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « capitalisation » 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
Key facts for capitalisation
PropertyValue
Headwordcapitalisation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.pi.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#17,087
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « capitalisation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).capitalisationse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « calcaires » (#17,086), « casseroles » (#17,088), « cake » (#17,085). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « capitalisation » est au #17,087. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around capitalisation (IPA \ka.pi.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,087 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for capitalisation, with forms such as "acpitalisation", "caiptalisation", and "capiatlisation". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is capitalisation, spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de capitaliser.
  2. 2
    abréviation de capitalisation boursière, produit du nombre d'actions par le cours de l'action, représentant la valeur virtuelle d'achat d'une société.
  3. 3
    Action de mettre en lettres capitales.
  4. 4
    Caractère d’une gestion forestière aboutissant, à mesure des prélèvements, à une augmentation des bois sur pied, en volume ou en surface terrière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La capitalisation d’une rente.
  2. En effet, la capitalisation d'une rente viagère est absurde, comme principe général, pour établir un droit; car l'âge du rentier, sa constitution forte ou faible, et d'autres circonstances influent nécessairement sur le taux de la rente

This word in other languages

capitalisation(English)capitalização(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acpitalisation
  • caiptalisation
  • capiatlisation
  • capitailsation
  • capitaliastion
  • capitalisaiton
  • capitalisatino
  • capitalisationn
  • capitalisatoin
  • capitalisattion
  • capitalissation
  • capitalistaion
  • capitallisation
  • capitalsiation
  • capitlaisation
  • capittalisation
  • cappitalisation
  • captialisation
  • ccapitalisation
  • cpaitalisation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acpitalisation2caiptalisation2capiatlisation2capitailsation2capitaliastion2capitalisaiton2capitalisatino2capitalisationn1
Edit distance from "capitalisation"

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 "capitalisation"?
"capitalisation" is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.pi.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\.
What does "capitalisation" mean?
As a noun, "capitalisation" means: Action de capitaliser.
What are common misspellings of "capitalisation"?
Common misspellings include "acpitalisation", "caiptalisation", "capiatlisation", "capitailsation", "capitaliastion". The correct spelling is "capitalisation".
How do you pronounce "capitalisation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capitalisation" is \ka.pi.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capitalisation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list