capítulo

noun

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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
2,140
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte constituinte de uma obra escrita

Corpus desk

Index PT-capitulo · capítulo · Portuguese

capítulo · rank #2,993 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,993
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cavalo

Nearest frequency peer: cavalo (+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 “capítulo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “capítulo” 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).

capítulo vs capital
63% similar
capítulo vs capitão
63% similar

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

Key facts for capítulo
PropertyValue
Headwordcapítulo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,993
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “capítulo”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cavalo” (#2,994), “aumenta” (#2,990), “choque” (#2,996). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “capítulo” fica em #2,993. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around capítulo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,993 among 2,140 “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

  1. 1
    parte constituinte de uma obra escrita
  2. 2
    assembleia de religiosos sobre a sua jurisdição (e local onde se efetua essa assembleia)
  3. 3
    tipo de inflorescência típico das Asteraceae
  4. 4
    extremidade dilatada no probóscide de insetos
  5. 5
    projeção cefálica nos carrapatos
  6. 6
    extremidade óssea (cabeça) pequena

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. No entanto, no último capítulo do seu livro, Villa garante que "a participação dos EUA nos acontecimentos de 1964 é ínfima".

This word in other languages

chapter(English)capítulo(Español)chapitre(Français)Kapitel(Deutsch)

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.

acpítulo2cappítulo1captíulo2capítluo2capíttulo1capítullo1capítuol2capíutlo2
Edit distance from "capítulo"

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 "capítulo"?
"capítulo" is spelled C-A-P-Í-T-U-L-O.
What does "capítulo" mean?
As a noun, "capítulo" means: parte constituinte de uma obra escrita
What words are commonly confused with "capítulo"?
"capítulo" is commonly confused with "capital", "capitão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "capítulo" come from?
"capítulo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aprovado#2,987desistir#3,003explosão#3,008ocupação#3,031

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

permissão11 variantsretirada11 variantsentidade11 variantsentregue11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list