capital

adj

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The verdict

“capital” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#579
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à cabeça

Corpus desk

Index PT-capital · capital · Portuguese

capital · rank #579 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #579
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cima

Nearest frequency peer: cima (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “capital”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “capital” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

capital vs captar
71% similar
capital vs capitão
71% similar
capital vs capítulo
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for capital
PropertyValue
Headwordcapital
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#579
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “capital”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.capitalcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cima” (#580), “viver” (#577), “justiça” (#581). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “capital” fica em #579. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around capital, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #579 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for capital, with forms such as "acpital", "caiptal", and "capiatl". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "captar", "capitão", "capítulo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is capital, spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo à cabeça
  2. 2
    principal
  3. 3
    que resulta em morte
  4. 4
    diz-se dos caracteres maiúsculos do alfabeto

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how capital appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. É um problema capital.
  2. Sentenciado a pena capital.

This word in other languages

capital(English)capital(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acpital
  • caiptal
  • capiatl
  • capitall
  • capitla
  • capittal
  • cappital
  • captial
  • ccapital
  • cpaital

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capital - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acpital2caiptal2capiatl2capitall1capitla2capittal1cappital1captial2
Edit distance from "capital"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capital"?
"capital" is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L.
What does "capital" mean?
As an adjective, "capital" means: relativo à cabeça
What words are commonly confused with "capital"?
"capital" is commonly confused with "captar", "capitão", "capítulo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "capital" come from?
"capital" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "capital", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

justiça#581mundial#584sucesso#574partido#570

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

militar10 variantscaminho10 variantspróximo10 variantstradução10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list