capitular
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
- brâmane
brâmane
25,457 corpus weight
- cafundó
cafundó
25,451 corpus weight
- cambraia
cambraia
25,447 corpus weight
- canary
canary
25,444 corpus weight
- capitular
capitular
25,442 corpus weight
- champanha
champanha
25,431 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “capitular” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capitular |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “capitular” em português
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
- 1render-se, entregar-se
- 2ceder em negociação, aceitando condições menos favoráveis do que as inicialmente pretendidas:
- 3dividir um livro em capítulos; classificar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how capitular appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).