capitular

verb

The verdict

“capitular” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,559 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,559
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - render-se, entregar-se

Corpus desk

Index PT-capitular · capitular · Portuguese

capitular · rank #74,559 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,559
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH canary

Nearest frequency peer: canary (-2 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 “capitular”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “capitular” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for capitular
PropertyValue
Headwordcapitular
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,559
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “capitular” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).capitularcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “canary” (#74,557), “cambraia” (#74,554), “cafundó” (#74,550). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “capitular” fica em #74,559. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

capitular is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,559 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for capitular in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is capitular, spelled C-A-P-I-T-U-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    render-se, entregar-se
  2. 2
    ceder em negociação, aceitando condições menos favoráveis do que as inicialmente pretendidas:
  3. 3
    dividir um livro em capítulos; classificar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Capitulou em toda a linha, não obteve contrapartida nenhuma.

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 "capitular"?
"capitular" is spelled C-A-P-I-T-U-L-A-R.
What does "capitular" mean?
As a verb, "capitular" means: render-se, entregar-se
What language does "capitular" come from?
"capitular" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list