camas
/ˈkæmɪs/
"camas" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“camas” is uncommon English (frequency #80,288 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,288
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | camas |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkæmɪs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #80,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “camas” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
camas is uncommon English at frequency #80,288 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkæmɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for camas, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Perhaps from Chinook Jargon qamaš, qawaš (“camas”), from Nootka qawaš (“camas”), or perhaps from Nez Perce qém̓es (“camas”). The correct English form is camas, spelled C-A-M-A-S.
Definition
- 1Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.
Etymology
Perhaps from Chinook Jargon qamaš, qawaš (“camas”), from Nootka qawaš (“camas”), or perhaps from Nez Perce qém̓es (“camas”).
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 “camas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-M-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkæmɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.