capturer

\kap.ty.ʁe\

/\kap.ty.ʁe\/ verb

The verdict

“capturer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,835. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,835
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’emparer d’un être vivant ou d’une chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capturer · capturer · French

capturer · rank #10,835 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,835
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH camus

Nearest frequency peer: camus (-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 « capturer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « capturer » 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).

capturer vs captures
88% similar
capturer vs clôturer
75% similar
capturer vs capter
75% similar

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

Key facts for capturer
PropertyValue
Headwordcapturer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kap.ty.ʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,835
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « capturer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.capturerse 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 « camus » (#10,834), « Caraïbes » (#10,836), « Brooklyn » (#10,833). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « capturer » est au #10,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around capturer (IPA \kap.ty.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,835 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for capturer, with forms such as "acpturer", "cappturer", and "captruer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "captures", "clôturer", "capter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is capturer, spelled C-A-P-T-U-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    S’emparer d’un être vivant ou d’une chose.
  2. 2
    Photographier ou filmer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À Mogador, nouvelle relâche, mais la barque envoyée à terre pour rapporter de l’eau fraîche faillit être capturée par les Arabes.
  2. Guerre vaine, où l’on ne capturera pas des chevau-légers bleus, des hussards blancs, mais dans la même veste grise, des garçons de café, des peintres de Dresde qui découpent déjà en cubes la sentinelle berrichonne qui les conduit à l’arrière.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acpturer
  • cappturer
  • captruer
  • captturer
  • captuerr
  • capturerr
  • capturrer
  • caputrer
  • catpurer
  • ccapturer
  • cpaturer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capturer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acpturer2cappturer1captruer2captturer1captuerr2capturerr1capturrer1caputrer2
Edit distance from "capturer"

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 "capturer"?
"capturer" is spelled C-A-P-T-U-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kap.ty.ʁe\.
What does "capturer" mean?
As a verb, "capturer" means: S’emparer d’un être vivant ou d’une chose.
What words are commonly confused with "capturer"?
"capturer" is commonly confused with "captures", "clôturer", "capter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "capturer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capturer" is \kap.ty.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capturer" come from?
"capturer" 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 "capturer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list