camas
/ˈkæmɪs/noun
camas is spelled C-A-M-A-S: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, camas means “Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of camas is camases.
How many letters and syllables are in camas?
| Letters | 5: C-A-M-A-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 80,453rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is camas?
Camas appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce camas?
- US /ˈkæmɪs/
As a noun: /ˈkɑːməz/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-camas.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-camas2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with camas?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as camas from its last stressed vowel (/æmɪs/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of camas
- camases plural
- cammas
- camass
- quamash
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does camas mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.
- 2
plural of cama
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does camas come from?
Perhaps from Chinook Jargon qamaš, qawaš (“camas”), from Nootka qawaš (“camas”), or perhaps from Nez Perce qém̓es (“camas”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).