Which to use
“capital” is an adjective and “capítulo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #579
- “capital” frequency rank
- #2,993
- “capítulo” frequency rank
- 3572
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | capital | capítulo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | relativo à cabeça | parte constituinte de uma obra escrita |
Letter map: capital vs capítulo
Shared letters muted; letters that set capital and capítulo apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. capital runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against capítulo's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for capital / capítulo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: capital is anadjective and capítuloanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
capital is recorded at frequency rank #579, classified as anadj. capítulo is at rank #2,993, tagged as anoun.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 3572, this pair ranks #71,548 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of capital vs capítulo
Shared letters: aclpt. Private to "capital": i. Private to "capítulo": ouí.
"capital" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "capítulo" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- capital ← acpital · caiptal · capiatl · capitall · capitla · capittal · cappital · captial
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "capital" for "capítulo" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "capital" or "capítulo" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "capital" and "capítulo".
- Full dictionary entry for "capital" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "capítulo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,548 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "capital" and "capítulo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capeta vs capital". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #71,548 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.