Camouflage

[kamuˈflaːʒə]

/[kamuˈflaːʒə]/ noun

The verdict

“Camouflage” is uncommon German (frequency #65,080 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,080
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tarnung, die zum Beispiel durch Tarnmuster auf Textilien oder Militärfahrzeugen erreicht wird, respektive jedes getarnte Vorgehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-camouflage · Camouflage · German

Camouflage · rank #65,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,080
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Calder

Nearest frequency peer: Calder (-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 „Camouflage“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Camouflage
PropertyValue
HeadwordCamouflage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kamuˈflaːʒə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#65,080
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Camouflage“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Camouflagefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Calder“ (#65,079), „Canberra“ (#65,081), „cena“ (#65,082). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Camouflage“ bei #65,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Camouflage is uncommon German at frequency #65,080 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kamuˈflaːʒə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Camouflage, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Camouflage, spelled C-A-M-O-U-F-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tarnung, die zum Beispiel durch Tarnmuster auf Textilien oder Militärfahrzeugen erreicht wird, respektive jedes getarnte Vorgehen
  2. 2
    deckende und wasserfeste Schminke für deutliche Hautprobleme wie zum Beispiel Feuermale

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Gegen den von den Nazis entfesselten Moloch Krieg hatte keine Camouflage Bestand.“
  2. Die Funktionsweise der literarischen Camouflage besteht darin, daß der Autor mit unterschiedlichen Bedeutungsebenen im Text arbeitet.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Camouflage"?
"Camouflage" is spelled C-A-M-O-U-F-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kamuˈflaːʒə].
What does "Camouflage" mean?
As a noun, "Camouflage" means: Tarnung, die zum Beispiel durch Tarnmuster auf Textilien oder Militärfahrzeugen erreicht wird, respektive jedes getarnte Vorgehen
How do you pronounce "Camouflage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Camouflage" is [kamuˈflaːʒə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Camouflage" come from?
"Camouflage" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list