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“capitaliste” and “capitalistes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,533
“capitaliste” frequency rank
#17,359
“capitalistes” frequency rank
28892
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature capitaliste capitalistes
Definition Relatif au capital ou au capitalisme. Pluriel de capitaliste.

Same sound, different letters: capitaliste vs capitalistes

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.

11 ch
capitaliste
12 ch
capitalistes

Same sound, different spelling - capitaliste / capitalistes

This is the hard kind. capitaliste and capitalistes are pronounced identically (\ka.pi.ta.list\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “capitaliste” sits inside “capitalistes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28892, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

capitaliste is recorded at frequency rank #11,533, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.pi.ta.list\. capitalistes is at rank #17,359, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ka.pi.ta.list\.

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 28892, this pair ranks #319,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of capitaliste vs capitalistes

Shared letters: aceilpst. Private to "capitaliste": -. Private to "capitalistes": -.

"capitaliste" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCCV  ·  "capitalistes" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • capitalisteacpitaliste · caiptaliste · capiatliste · capitailste · capitaliset · capitalisste · capitalistte · capitalitse
  • capitalistesacpitalistes · caiptalistes · capiatlistes · capitailstes · capitalisets · capitalisstes · capitalistess · capitalistse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "capitaliste" and "capitalistes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ka.pi.ta.list\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "capitaliste" vs "capitalistes" - which ranks higher?
"capitaliste" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,533 in our French list, against #17,359 for "capitalistes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "capitaliste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "capitalistes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #319,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "capitaliste" and "capitalistes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capitaliser vs capitalistes". 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 #319,995 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list