# capital vs capitão

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### capital
*adjective · frequency rank #579*
relativo à cabeça

### capitão
*noun · IPA /kɐ.pi.ˈtɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #1,768*
chefe militar

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/capital-vs-capitao