capter

\kap.te\

/\kap.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“capter” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,009. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,009
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chercher à obtenir quelque chose, ou à gagner quelqu’un par voie d’insinuation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capter · capter · French

capter · rank #11,009 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,009
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH capsule

Nearest frequency peer: capsule (-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 « capter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « capter » 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).

capter vs carte
67% similar
capter vs citer
67% similar
capter vs caste
67% similar

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

Key facts for capter
PropertyValue
Headwordcapter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kap.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,009
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « capter »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).capterse 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 « capsule » (#11,008), « casier » (#11,010), « calvaire » (#11,007). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « capter » est au #11,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around capter (IPA \kap.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,009 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for capter, with forms such as "acpter", "capetr", and "cappter". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "carte", "citer", "caste", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is capter, spelled C-A-P-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chercher à obtenir quelque chose, ou à gagner quelqu’un par voie d’insinuation.
  2. 2
    Obtenir par des manœuvres artificieuses une donation, un legs.
  3. 3
    Récupérer l’eau d’une source à l’endroit même où l’eau émerge.
  4. 4
    Recevoir des ondes, de l’énergie, au moyen d’antennes, de récepteurs.
  5. 5
    Pouvoir se brancher sur un réseau de téléphonie mobile.
  6. 6
    Enregistrer, mettre en mémoire.
  7. 7
    Comprendre, piger.
  8. 8
    Voir quelqu’un, retrouver quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Réussir une présentation orale suppose de capter et de garder l’attention de l’auditoire.
  2. Les actifs de Red Hat intégreront la division Hybrid Cloud d’IBM pour renforcer son offre d’hébergement et de serveurs Linux. Objectif, capter de nouveaux clients et pousser les actuels à aller plus loin dans leur transition.

Synonyms

conquérirgagnercanaliserrecueillirintercepterrecevoir

Antonyms

perdreémettre

This word in other languages

capture(English)fesseln(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acpter
  • capetr
  • cappter
  • capterr
  • captre
  • captter
  • catper
  • ccapter
  • cpater

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acpter2capetr2cappter1capterr1captre2captter1catper2ccapter1
Edit distance from "capter"

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 "capter"?
"capter" is spelled C-A-P-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kap.te\.
What does "capter" mean?
As a verb, "capter" means: Chercher à obtenir quelque chose, ou à gagner quelqu’un par voie d’insinuation.
What words are commonly confused with "capter"?
"capter" is commonly confused with "carte", "citer", "caste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "capter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capter" is \kap.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capter" come from?
"capter" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

casier#11,010Bruges#11,003Armand#10,992argile#10,991

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

cessent9 variantsautisme9 variantscursus9 variantsDanielle9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list