Which to use
“Capet” is a name and “capte” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,827
- “Capet” frequency rank
- #14,876
- “capte” frequency rank
- 58703
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Capet | capte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Surnom de Hugues Capet, roi des Francs. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe capter. |
Where the eye mixes Capet and capte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Capet vs capte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Capet is \ka.pɛ\ while capte is \kapt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (et ↔ te) - a transposition the eye reads straight past, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Capet is recorded at frequency rank #43,827, classified as aname, pronounced \ka.pɛ\. capte is at rank #14,876, tagged as averb, pronounced \kapt\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 58703, this pair ranks #107,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Capet vs capte
Shared letters: acept. Private to "Capet": -. Private to "capte": -.
"Capet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "capte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Capet" for "capte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Capet" vs "capte" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Capet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "capte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Capet" and "capte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Capet vs chapel". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #107,445 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.