camino

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The verdict

“camino” is uncommon German (frequency #55,218 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,218
frequency rank, German
20,081
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs caminar

Key facts for camino
PropertyValue
Headwordcamino
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,218
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “camino” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). camino lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

camino is uncommon German at frequency #55,218 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs caminar".

camino has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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. The correct German form is camino, spelled C-A-M-I-N-O.

Definition

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    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs caminar

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 "camino"?
"camino" is spelled C-A-M-I-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "camino" mean?
As a verb, "camino" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs caminar
How do you pronounce "camino"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "camino" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "camino" come from?
"camino" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “camino”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is C-A-M-I-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list