Which to use
“capitales” is an adjective and “capitule” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,119
- “capitales” frequency rank
- #46,630
- “capitule” frequency rank
- 58749
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | capitales | capitule |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de capital. | Inflorescence formée de fleurs sessiles serrées les unes contre les autres. |
Where the eye mixes capitales and capitule
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. capitales runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against capitule's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: capitales vs capitule
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: capitales is \ka.pi.tal\ while capitule is \ka.pi.tyl\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58749, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
capitales is recorded at frequency rank #12,119, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.pi.tal\. capitule is at rank #46,630, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.pi.tyl\.
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 58749, this pair ranks #107,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of capitales vs capitule
Shared letters: aceilpt. Private to "capitales": s. Private to "capitule": u.
"capitales" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "capitule" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "capitales" for "capitule" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "capitales" or "capitule" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "capitales" and "capitule" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "capitales" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "capitule" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "capitales" and "capitule" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capitals 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 #107,150 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.