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capitonyms

capitonyms is the plural of capitonym.

Meaning of capitonym

Noun

capitonym (plural capitonyms)

  1. A case-sensitive word: a word that changes meaning (and in some instances pronunciation) when the letter case used to write it is changed: whether (usually) the casing of its initial letter or (in other instances) the casing of its other letters as well.

Questions about capitonyms

What is capitonyms the plural of?
Capitonyms is the plural of capitonym.

Words near capitonyms in the dictionary

  1. capitolunate
  2. capitonid
  3. capitonids
  4. capitonym
  5. capitonymic
  6. capitonyms
  7. Capitos
  8. capitosaur
  9. capitosaurian
  10. capitosaurid
  11. capitosaurids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capitonyms (page history and authors); capitonym (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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