cama
/ˈkɑːmə/
"cama" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cama” is uncommon English (frequency #78,450 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,450
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A hybrid animal produced by breeding a camel and a llama.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cama |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑːmə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #78,450 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cama” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cama is uncommon English at frequency #78,450 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɑːmə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A hybrid animal produced by breeding a camel and a llama.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cama in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of camel + llama. The correct English form is cama, spelled C-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1A hybrid animal produced by breeding a camel and a llama.
Etymology
Blend of camel + llama.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cama”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.