Capitole

/\ka.pi.tɔl\/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,085

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

Capitole is aFrenchname. It means: L’une des sept collines, centre religieux de l’ancienne Rome sur laquelle a été édifié le temple consacré à Jupiter capitolin. Pronounced \ka.pi.tɔl\. Often confused with capitule and capituler.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Capitole in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Capitole is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.pi.tɔl\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,085 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Capitole, with forms such as "acpitole", "caiptole", and "capiotle". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Capitole, spelled C-A-P-I-T-O-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acpitole,caiptole,capiotle,capitloe,capitoel,capitolle,capittole,cappitole,captiole,ccapitole,cpaitole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Capitole

Misspelling Variants of "Capitole"

acpitole8caiptole8capiotle8capitloe8capitoel8capitolle9capittole9cappitole9
Misspelling Variants of "Capitole"

Frequency rank: #16,085 in French

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 name, "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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.