Capitole

\ka.pi.tɔl\

/\ka.pi.tɔl\/ name

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The verdict

“Capitole” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,085. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,085
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - L’une des sept collines, centre religieux de l’ancienne Rome sur laquelle a été édifié le temple consacré à Jupiter capitolin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capitole · Capitole · French

Capitole · rank #16,085 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,085
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH candy

Nearest frequency peer: candy (-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 « Capitole »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Capitole » 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).

Capitole vs capitule
75% similar
Capitole vs capituler
67% similar
Capitole vs capital
63% similar

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

Key facts for Capitole
PropertyValue
HeadwordCapitole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ka.pi.tɔl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,085
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Capitole »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Capitolese 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 « candy » (#16,084), « capsules » (#16,086), « carence » (#16,087). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Capitole » est au #16,085. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Capitole (IPA \ka.pi.tɔl\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,085 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Capitole, with forms such as "acpitole", "caiptole", and "capiotle". 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. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "capitule", "capituler", "capital", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 French form is Capitole, spelled C-A-P-I-T-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    L’une des sept collines, centre religieux de l’ancienne Rome sur laquelle a été édifié le temple consacré à Jupiter capitolin.
  2. 2
    Aux États-Unis, bâtiment qui abrite le Congrès fédéral (pouvoir législatif) à Washington, ou dans les États américains, le Congrès des représentants de chacun des États, dans la capitale de chaque État américain.
  3. 3
    Bâtiment abritant la mairie de Toulouse → voir capitoul.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tout le monde connaît l’histoire des oies du Capitole, qui sauvèrent les Romains de l’assaut tenté par les Gaulois.
  2. Sur une éminence domine le Capitole, où le Congrès s’assemble, colossal et somptueux édifice en grès, reconstruit en 1815 et agrandi en 1851.

This word in other languages

Capitol(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acpitole
  • caiptole
  • capiotle
  • capitloe
  • capitoel
  • capitolle
  • capittole
  • cappitole
  • captiole
  • ccapitole
  • cpaitole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Capitole - 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.

acpitole2caiptole2capiotle2capitloe2capitoel2capitolle1capittole1cappitole1
Edit distance from "Capitole"

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 "Capitole"?
"Capitole" is spelled C-A-P-I-T-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.pi.tɔl\.
What does "Capitole" mean?
As a proper noun, "Capitole" means: L’une des sept collines, centre religieux de l’ancienne Rome sur laquelle a été édifié le temple consacré à Jupiter capitolin.
What words are commonly confused with "Capitole"?
"Capitole" is commonly confused with "capitule", "capituler", "capital". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Capitole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Capitole" is \ka.pi.tɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Capitole" come from?
"Capitole" 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 "Capitole", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

capsules#16,086catalans#16,088brigades#16,081bravoure#16,080

Similar misspelling depth

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

cinémas11 variantsauditoire11 variantsattirance11 variantsdonnerais11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list