# came vs camel

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### came
*verb · IPA /keɪm/ · frequency rank #294*
simple past of come

### camel
*noun · IPA /ˈkæml̩/ · frequency rank #12,197*
A mammalian beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/came-vs-camel