Which to use
“captage” and “capture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,828
- “captage” frequency rank
- #6,793
- “capture” frequency rank
- 50621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | captage | capture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de capter (une source, de l’eau…). | Action de capturer ou résultat de cette action. |
Where the eye mixes captage and capture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between captage and capture
A purely visual mix-up. captage (\kap.taʒ\) and capture (\kap.tyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
captage is recorded at frequency rank #43,828, classified as anoun, pronounced \kap.taʒ\. capture is at rank #6,793, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kap.tyʁ\.
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 50621, this pair ranks #161,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of captage vs capture
Shared letters: acept. Private to "captage": g. Private to "capture": ru.
"captage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "capture" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "captage" for "capture" ever safe?
Which is more common, "captage" or "capture"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "captage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "capture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #161,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "captage" and "capture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cantate vs captage". 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 #161,201 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.