Which to use
“capte” and “captent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,876
- “capte” frequency rank
- #37,710
- “captent” frequency rank
- 52586
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | capte | captent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe capter. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe capter. |
Same sound, different letters: capte vs captent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: capte vs captent
This is the hard kind. capte and captent are pronounced identically (\kapt\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “capte” sits inside “captent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52586, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
capte is recorded at frequency rank #14,876, classified as averb, pronounced \kapt\. captent is at rank #37,710, 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 52586, this pair ranks #146,671 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of capte vs captent
Shared letters: acept. Private to "capte": -. Private to "captent": n.
"capte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "captent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "capte" and "captent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "capte" vs "captent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"capte" and "captent" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "capte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "captent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,671 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "capte" and "captent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campent vs captent". 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 #146,671 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.