camel

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The verdict

“camel” is uncommon German (frequency #57,744 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,744
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Kamel: großes Säugetier, das in Wüsten und Steppen beheimatet ist und als Last- und Reittier dient

Corpus desk

Index DE-camel · camel · German

camel · rank #57,744 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,744
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cairo

Nearest frequency peer: Cairo (-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 „camel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for camel
PropertyValue
Headwordcamel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#57,744
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „camel“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.camelfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Cairo“ (#57,743), „cactus“ (#57,742), „cardinal“ (#57,746). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „camel“ bei #57,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

camel is uncommon German at frequency #57,744 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Kamel: großes Säugetier, das in Wüsten und Steppen beheimatet ist und als Last- und Reittier dient".

No generated misspelling entries exist for camel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is camel, spelled C-A-M-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Kamel: großes Säugetier, das in Wüsten und Steppen beheimatet ist und als Last- und Reittier dient

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I love to watch the camels in the zoo.

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 "camel"?
"camel" is spelled C-A-M-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "camel" mean?
As a noun, "camel" means: das Kamel: großes Säugetier, das in Wüsten und Steppen beheimatet ist und als Last- und Reittier dient
How do you pronounce "camel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "camel" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "camel" come from?
"camel" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cairo#57,743cheat#57,749bride#57,733Cosby#57,758

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list