Kamelle
[kaˈmɛlə]
The verdict
“Kamelle” is uncommon German (frequency #70,436 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,436
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Süßigkeit, Karamelle beziehungsweise Karamellbonbon
Corpus desk
Index DE-kamelle · Kamelle · German
Kamelle · rank #70,436 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,436
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kaka
Nearest frequency peer: Kaka (-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 „Kamelle“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Jäckchen
Jäckchen
29,568 corpus weight
- Jägerin
Jägerin
29,567 corpus weight
- Kaka
Kaka
29,566 corpus weight
- Kamelle
Kamelle
29,565 corpus weight
- Kameraführu…
Kameraführung
29,564 corpus weight
- Kampfrichter
Kampfrichter
29,563 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kamelle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kamelle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈmɛlə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kamelle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kamelle is uncommon German at frequency #70,436 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈmɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Kamelle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kamelle, spelled K-A-M-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Süßigkeit, Karamelle beziehungsweise Karamellbonbon
- 2in der aus dem Niederdeutschen stammenden Fügung olle Kamellen steht Kamelle für das Heilkraut Kamille
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kamelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zu Karneval gibt es viele Kamellen.
„Welch ein Glück für die Besucher der Fastnachtsumzüge, dass nur selten olle Kamellen geworfen werden – sowohl im niederdeutschen als auch im rheinischen, im wörtlichen und im übertragenen Sinn.“
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.
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