campvscampoConfusable pair

Which to use

“camp” and “campo” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,465
“camp” frequency rank
#30,981
“campo” frequency rank
36446
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature camp campo
Definition ein Platz mit behelfsmäßigen Behausungen wie Zelten oder Baracken Acker, Feld

Where the eye mixes camp and campo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
camp
5 ch
campo

Look-alike desk: camp vs campo

A purely visual mix-up. camp ([kamp]) and campo ([ˈkampɔ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “camp” sits inside “campo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

camp is recorded at frequency rank #5,465, classified as anoun, pronounced [kamp]. campo is at rank #30,981, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkampɔ].

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 36446, this pair ranks #1,615,417 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of camp vs campo

Shared letters: acmp. Private to "camp": -. Private to "campo": o.

"camp" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "campo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campacmp · cammp · campp · capm · ccamp · cmap
  • campoacmpo · cammpo · camop · camppo · capmo · ccampo · cmapo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "camp" and "campo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kamp] versus [ˈkampɔ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "camp" or "campo" show up more?
"camp" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,465 in our German list, against #30,981 for "campo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "camp" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "campo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,615,417 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "camp" and "campo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campo vs capo". 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 #1,615,417 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list