captura

//kaˈp.tu.ɾɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,979

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

captura is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ação ou efeito de capturar Pronounced /kaˈp.tu.ɾɐ/. It ranks #4,979 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with cultura and costura.

Key facts for captura
PropertyValue
Headwordcaptura
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kaˈp.tu.ɾɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,979
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of captura in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for captura is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kaˈp.tu.ɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,979 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ação ou efeito de capturar".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for captura, with forms such as "acptura", "capptura", and "captrua". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "cultura", "costura", "capturar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is captura, spelled C-A-P-T-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ação ou efeito de capturar

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acptura,capptura,captrua,capttura,captuar,capturra,caputra,catpura,ccaptura,cpatura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for captura

Misspelling Variants of "captura"

acptura7capptura8captrua7capttura8captuar7capturra8caputra7catpura7
Misspelling Variants of "captura"

Frequency rank: #4,979 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "captura"?
"captura" is spelled C-A-P-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kaˈp.tu.ɾɐ/.
What does "captura" mean?
As a noun, "captura" means: ação ou efeito de capturar
What words are commonly confused with "captura"?
"captura" is commonly confused with "cultura", "costura", "capturar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "captura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "captura" is /kaˈp.tu.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "captura" come from?
"captura" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.