Kamille

[kaˈmɪlə]

/[kaˈmɪlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kamille” is uncommon German (frequency #71,501 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,501
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Familie der Korbblütler gehörende, zur Krampf- und Schmerzlösung benutzte Pflanze

Corpus desk

Index DE-kamille · Kamille · German

Kamille · rank #71,501 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,501
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kalkulationen

Nearest frequency peer: Kalkulationen (-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 „Kamille“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kamille
PropertyValue
HeadwordKamille
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈmɪlə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#71,501
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kamille“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kalkulationen“ (#71,500), „kaan“ (#71,499), „kandidiere“ (#71,503). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kamille“ bei #71,501. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kamille is uncommon German at frequency #71,501 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈmɪlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zur Familie der Korbblütler gehörende, zur Krampf- und Schmerzlösung benutzte Pflanze".

Kamille has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Kamille, spelled K-A-M-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    zur Familie der Korbblütler gehörende, zur Krampf- und Schmerzlösung benutzte Pflanze

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Die Echte Kamille wirkt entzündungshemmend, beruhigend und schweißtreibend.“

Synonyms

Echte KamilleKamelle

Antonyms

Geruchlose KamilleFalsche Kamille

This word in other languages

camomile(English)manzanilla de Castilla(Español)camomille(Français)camomila(Português)

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 "Kamille"?
"Kamille" is spelled K-A-M-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈmɪlə].
What does "Kamille" mean?
As a noun, "Kamille" means: zur Familie der Korbblütler gehörende, zur Krampf- und Schmerzlösung benutzte Pflanze
How do you pronounce "Kamille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kamille" is [kaˈmɪlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kamille" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kesseln#71,511Klinken#71,520knackte#71,523Kurkuma#71,550

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list