capítulo
The verdict
“capítulo” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,993. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,993
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - parte constituinte de uma obra escrita
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capítulo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,993 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “capítulo” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around capítulo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,993 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for capítulo, with forms such as "acpítulo", "cappítulo", and "captíulo". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "capital", "capitão", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is capítulo, spelled C-A-P-Í-T-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1parte constituinte de uma obra escrita
- 2assembleia de religiosos sobre a sua jurisdição (e local onde se efetua essa assembleia)
- 3tipo de inflorescência típico das Asteraceae
- 4extremidade dilatada no probóscide de insetos
- 5projeção cefálica nos carrapatos
- 6extremidade óssea (cabeça) pequena
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acpítulo
- cappítulo
- captíulo
- capítluo
- capíttulo
- capítullo
- capítuol
- capíutlo
- caíptulo
- ccapítulo
- cpaítulo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capítulo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “capítulo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-P-Í-T-U-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “capital” - see the side-by-side comparison. capítulo vs capital
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.