Camembert

/[ˈkaməmˌbeːɐ̯]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#72,264

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Camembert is aGermannoun. It means: ein französischer, weicher Käse mit einer Oberfläche aus weißem Edelschimmel Pronounced [ˈkaməmˌbeːɐ̯].

Key facts for Camembert
PropertyValue
HeadwordCamembert
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaməmˌbeːɐ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#72,264
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Camembert in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Camembert is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaməmˌbeːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,264 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein französischer, weicher Käse mit einer Oberfläche aus weißem Edelschimmel".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Camembert in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Camembert, spelled C-A-M-E-M-B-E-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein französischer, weicher Käse mit einer Oberfläche aus weißem Edelschimmel

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #72,264 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Camembert"?
"Camembert" is spelled C-A-M-E-M-B-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaməmˌbeːɐ̯].
What does "Camembert" mean?
As a noun, "Camembert" means: ein französischer, weicher Käse mit einer Oberfläche aus weißem Edelschimmel
How do you pronounce "Camembert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Camembert" is [ˈkaməmˌbeːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Camembert" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.