Camberg

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The verdict

“Camberg” is uncommon German (frequency #85,062 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,062
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bad Camberg; eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-camberg · Camberg · German

Camberg · rank #85,062 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,062
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Caches

Nearest frequency peer: Caches (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Camberg“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Camberg“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Camberg
PropertyValue
HeadwordCamberg
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,062
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Camberg“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Cambergfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Caches“ (#85,061), „Bühnenstück“ (#85,060), „bügelt“ (#85,059). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Camberg“ bei #85,062. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Camberg is uncommon German at frequency #85,062 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bad Camberg; eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Camberg, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Camberg, spelled C-A-M-B-E-R-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bad Camberg; eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Camberg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Camberg liegt in Deutschlands Mitte.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Camberg"?
"Camberg" is spelled C-A-M-B-E-R-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Camberg" mean?
As a proper noun, "Camberg" means: Bad Camberg; eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Camberg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Camberg" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Camberg", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list