capituler

\ka.pi.ty.le\

/\ka.pi.ty.le\/ verb

The verdict

“capituler” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,189
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire une capitulation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capituler · capituler · French

capituler · rank #38,189 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,189
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Camden

Nearest frequency peer: Camden (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “capituler”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “capituler” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

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).

capituler vs capturer
78% similar
capituler vs capitale
78% similar
capituler vs Capitole
67% similar

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

Key facts for capituler
PropertyValue
Headwordcapituler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ka.pi.ty.le\
Letters9
Frequency rank#38,189
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “capituler” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.capitulerse 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 « Camden » (#38,188), « caries » (#38,190), « calmée » (#38,187). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around capituler (IPA \ka.pi.ty.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,189 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for capituler, with forms such as "acpituler", "caiptuler", and "capitluer". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "capturer", "capitale", "Capitole", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is capituler, spelled C-A-P-I-T-U-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire une capitulation.
  2. 2
    Se rendre aux conditions imposées par l’ennemi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les défenseurs, après avoir perdu les faubourgs, manquant d’eau, furent obligés de capituler. Le siège entrepris par l’armée des croisés ne dura que du 1ᵉʳ au 15 août, jour de la reddition de la place.
  2. — Cher monsieur, reprit le commandeur Aspertini, quand une armée italienne capitule, nous estimons justement que cette capitulation est glorieuse. Un gouvernement qui présente la défaite dans des conditions esthétiques rallie à l’intérieur l’opinion des patriotes et se rend intéressant aux yeux de l’étranger.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acpituler
  • caiptuler
  • capitluer
  • capittuler
  • capituelr
  • capitulerr
  • capituller
  • capitulre
  • capiutler
  • cappituler
  • captiuler
  • ccapituler
  • cpaituler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acpituler2caiptuler2capitluer2capittuler1capituelr2capitulerr1capituller1capitulre2
Edit distance from "capituler"

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 "capituler"?
"capituler" is spelled C-A-P-I-T-U-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.pi.ty.le\.
What does "capituler" mean?
As a verb, "capituler" means: Faire une capitulation.
What words are commonly confused with "capituler"?
"capituler" is commonly confused with "capturer", "capitale", "Capitole". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "capituler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capituler" is \ka.pi.ty.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capituler" come from?
"capituler" 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 "capituler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list