Camelot
/ˈkæm.əˌlɒt/
"camelot" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Camelot” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,951. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,951
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A mythical location in England. The stronghold of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Camelot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkæm.əˌlɒt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Camelot” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Camelot (IPA /ˈkæm.əˌlɒt/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #29,951 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Camelot, with forms such as "acmelot", "caemlot", and "camellot". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cameo", "camels", "Cameron", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in Old French as Camaalot in Chrétien de Troyes' Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart. In the US politics sense a reference to the contemporary musical Camelot (1960), associated with the Kennedy era. The correct English form is Camelot, spelled C-A-M-E-L-O-T.
Definition
- 1A mythical location in England. The stronghold of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend.
- 2The administration and surrounding mystique of President John F. Kennedy.
Etymology
First attested in Old French as Camaalot in Chrétien de Troyes' Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart. In the US politics sense a reference to the contemporary musical Camelot (1960), associated with the Kennedy era.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acmelot
- caemlot
- camellot
- camelott
- camelto
- cameolt
- camleot
- cammelot
- ccamelot
- cmaelot
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Camelot - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Camelot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-M-E-L-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkæm.əˌlɒt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cameo” - see the side-by-side comparison. Camelot vs cameo
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
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.