Kammer

[ˈkamɐ]

/[ˈkamɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kammer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,001. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,001
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Gegensatz zur Stube, ein nicht oder nur schlecht beheizbarer (Lager-)Raum, oft nur für einen bestimmten Zweck genutzt

Corpus desk

Index DE-kammer · Kammer · German

Kammer · rank #5,001 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,001
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Japanische

Nearest frequency peer: Japanische (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Kammer”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Kammer” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Kammer vs komme
50% similar
Kammer vs Kater
67% similar
Kammer vs khmer
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Kammer
PropertyValue
HeadwordKammer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkamɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,001
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Kammer” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kammerliegt hier:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „Japanische“ (#5,000), „kennengelernt“ (#5,002), „irgendeine“ (#4,999). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Kammer (IPA [ˈkamɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,001 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kammer, with forms such as "akmmer", "kamemr", and "kamer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "komme", "Kater", "khmer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Kammer, spelled K-A-M-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    im Gegensatz zur Stube, ein nicht oder nur schlecht beheizbarer (Lager-)Raum, oft nur für einen bestimmten Zweck genutzt
  2. 2
    historisch die Schatzkammer eines Fürsten
  3. 3
    aus [2] abgeleitet: historisch die Zentralbehörde der landesherrlichen Finanz- und Liegenschaftsverwaltung
  4. 4
    aus [2] abgeleitet: die engere, nur aus wenigen Personen bestehende, meist niedere Dienerschaft eines Fürsten oder Aristokraten
  5. 5
    durch Scheidewände abgetrennter Hohlraum eines Organs
  6. 6
    für bestimmte Vorgänge vorgesehener Raum
  7. 7
    Patronenlager
  8. 8
    durch Abbau entstehender Raum
  9. 9
    bestimmter Raum im Tierbau
  10. 10
    an der Gesetzgebung beteiligte Körperschaft
  11. 11
    aus mehreren Richtern bestehendes Organ der Rechtsprechung
  12. 12
    öffentlich-rechtliche berufsständische Körperschaft
  13. 13
    bei einer Tabakspfeife die Öffnung für den Tabak

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Kammer war klein, sie hatte nicht viel Licht und ging zum Hinterhof hinaus.“
  2. „Am Abend wohnte dieser Biberkopf nicht mehr in der Kammer.“

Synonyms

GadenGemachKabäuschenKabuffRaumZimmerTresorPrivatschatulleStaatskasseDomänenkammerDienerschaftBediensteteHohlraumHerzkammerVentrikelVorkammerHohlraumKaverneKavernePatronenlagerRöhreKessel

Antonyms

EmpfangshalleHalleSaalSalonStube

This word in other languages

chamber(English)cámara(Español)chambre(Français)associação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • akmmer
  • kamemr
  • kamer
  • kammerr
  • kammre
  • kkammer
  • kmamer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kammer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

akmmer2kamemr2kamer1kammerr1kammre2kkammer1kmamer2
Edit distance from "Kammer"

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 "Kammer"?
"Kammer" is spelled K-A-M-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkamɐ].
What does "Kammer" mean?
As a noun, "Kammer" means: im Gegensatz zur Stube, ein nicht oder nur schlecht beheizbarer (Lager-)Raum, oft nur für einen bestimmten Zweck genutzt
What words are commonly confused with "Kammer"?
"Kammer" is commonly confused with "komme", "Kater", "khmer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kammer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kammer" is [ˈkamɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kammer" come from?
"Kammer" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Konrad#5,003halbes#4,993Marcel#5,010Massen#5,011

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Köpfe7 variantsHaupt7 variantsgelbe7 variantsnoten7 variants

What to do next

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  • "Kammer" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "komme". View pair
  • 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #5,001 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more German words in the "K" letter cohort. K–Z browse

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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