kapital
\kapiˈtaːl\
The verdict
“kapital” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Énorme, très grand, très important.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kapital |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kapiˈtaːl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kapital” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kapital is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kapiˈtaːl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Énorme, très grand, très important.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kapital, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is kapital, spelled K-A-P-I-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Énorme, très grand, très important.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “kapital”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is K-A-P-I-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kapiˈtaːl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.