Which to use
“capitale” is a noun and “capitales” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,388
- “capitale” frequency rank
- #12,119
- “capitales” frequency rank
- 13507
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | capitale | capitales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ville où siègent le gouvernement et le pouvoir législatif de l’État. | Féminin pluriel de capital. |
Same sound, different letters: capitale vs capitales
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. capitale runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against capitales's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: capitale vs capitales
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: capitale and capitales carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ka.pi.tal\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “capitale” sits inside “capitales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13507, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
capitale is recorded at frequency rank #1,388, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.pi.tal\. capitales is at rank #12,119, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ka.pi.tal\.
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 13507, this pair ranks #400,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of capitale vs capitales
Shared letters: aceilpt. Private to "capitale": -. Private to "capitales": s.
"capitale" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "capitales" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "capitale" for "capitales" ever safe?
Which is more common, "capitale" or "capitales"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "capitale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "capitales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "capitale" and "capitales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capitales vs capitule". 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 #400,742 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.