How to spell capital

Capital is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L. For a city, a letter or money, it ends -AL, as in capitalise.

hear itcap·i·tal/'kæpɪtəl/nounRules and real life

What it means: The main city of a country.

In a sentence: The capital of France is Paris.

Not to be confused with: capitol, a different word.

Same family: capitol, capitalism, capitalize, cap, decapitate. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Capital” comes from the Latin word “caput,” meaning “head.” The capital is literally the “head” of the column, which is also why related words like “decapitate” (to remove the head) share the same ancient root.

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