capitel
/kɐ.pi.ˈtɛɫ/
The verdict
“capitel” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,119 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,119
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte superior da coluna
Corpus desk
Index PT-capitel · capitel · Portuguese
capitel · rank #87,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,119
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cebolinho
Nearest frequency peer: cebolinho (+12 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “capitel”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bacharelato
bacharelato
12,927 corpus weight
- bacio
bacio
12,926 corpus weight
- blasé
blasé
12,910 corpus weight
- capitel
capitel
12,882 corpus weight
- cebolinho
cebolinho
12,870 corpus weight
- civilizar
civilizar
12,852 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “capitel” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capitel |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.pi.ˈtɛɫ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “capitel” em português
Rare enough to double-check
capitel is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,119 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.pi.ˈtɛɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for capitel, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is capitel, spelled C-A-P-I-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1parte superior da coluna
- 2remate de uma pilastra e de um balaústre
- 3capacete de alambique
- 4cabeça de foguete
This word in other languages
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.
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