Kammer

/[ˈkamɐ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,001

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Kammer is aGermannoun. It means: im Gegensatz zur Stube, ein nicht oder nur schlecht beheizbarer (Lager-)Raum, oft nur für einen bestimmten Zweck genutzt Pronounced [ˈkamɐ]. It ranks #5,001 in German word frequency. Often confused with komme and Kater.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kammer in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kammer is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkamɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,001 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Kammer, with forms such as "akmmer", "kamemr", and "kamer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "komme", "Kater", "khmer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kammer, spelled K-A-M-M-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: akmmer,kamemr,kamer,kammerr,kammre,kkammer,kmamer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Kammer

Misspelling Variants of "Kammer"

akmmer6kamemr6kamer5kammerr7kammre6kkammer7kmamer6
Misspelling Variants of "Kammer"

Frequency rank: #5,001 in German

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.