capitulation

\ka.pi.ty.la.sjɔ̃\

/\ka.pi.ty.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“capitulation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,229. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,229
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composition, traité qu’on fait pour la reddition d’une place, d’un poste, d’une armée, ou pour mettre bas les armes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capitulation · capitulation · French

capitulation · rank #19,229 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,229
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cachant

Nearest frequency peer: cachant (-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 « capitulation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « capitulation » 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 capitulation
PropertyValue
Headwordcapitulation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.pi.ty.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#19,229
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « capitulation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).capitulationse 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 « cachant » (#19,228), « caprices » (#19,230), « cabanes » (#19,227). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « capitulation » est au #19,229. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around capitulation (IPA \ka.pi.ty.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,229 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for capitulation, with forms such as "acpitulation", "caiptulation", and "capitluation". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists 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 capitulation, spelled C-A-P-I-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Composition, traité qu’on fait pour la reddition d’une place, d’un poste, d’une armée, ou pour mettre bas les armes.
  2. 2
    Convention en vertu de laquelle les sujets d’une puissance jouissent de certains privilèges dans les états d’une autre.
  3. 3
    Acte par lequel des garanties et des privilèges étaient assurés aux résidents et commerçants étrangers dans l’empire ottoman.
  4. 4
    Moyens de rapprochement et de conciliation qu’on propose dans une affaire.
  5. 5
    Transaction ; action de trouver un compromis.
  6. 6
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)…

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Fi du conseil, Maurice de Bracy ! les ruines de ce château enseveliront mon corps et ma honte avant que je consente à une capitulation si vile et si déshonorante.
  2. Quelques maisons furent livrées au pillage, et trois des principaux habitants fusillés par jugement du conseil de guerre, exécution qui ne violait pas la capitulation, dont les clauses avaient mis les Véronais à la discrétion des vainqueurs.

This word in other languages

capitulation(English)claudicación(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acpitulation
  • caiptulation
  • capitluation
  • capittulation
  • capitualtion
  • capitulaiton
  • capitulatino
  • capitulationn
  • capitulatoin
  • capitulattion
  • capitullation
  • capitultaion
  • capiutlation
  • cappitulation
  • captiulation
  • ccapitulation
  • cpaitulation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capitulation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acpitulation2caiptulation2capitluation2capittulation1capitualtion2capitulaiton2capitulatino2capitulationn1
Edit distance from "capitulation"

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 "capitulation"?
"capitulation" is spelled C-A-P-I-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.pi.ty.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "capitulation" mean?
As a noun, "capitulation" means: Composition, traité qu’on fait pour la reddition d’une place, d’un poste, d’une armée, ou pour mettre bas les armes.
What are common misspellings of "capitulation"?
Common misspellings include "acpitulation", "caiptulation", "capitluation", "capittulation", "capitualtion". The correct spelling is "capitulation".
How do you pronounce "capitulation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capitulation" is \ka.pi.ty.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capitulation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

gouvernants17 variantsréférentiel17 variantsRessentiment17 variantsreconquérir17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list