camera
/ˈkæm.ə.ɹə/
"camera" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“camera” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,417. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,417
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-camera · camera · English
camera · rank #1,417 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,417
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH avoid
Nearest frequency peer: avoid (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “camera”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- William
William
98,587 corpus weight
- agency
agency
98,586 corpus weight
- avoid
avoid
98,585 corpus weight
- camera
camera
98,584 corpus weight
- catch
catch
98,583 corpus weight
- cell
cell
98,582 corpus weight
What this shows “camera” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | camera |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkæm.ə.ɹə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “camera”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around camera (IPA /ˈkæm.ə.ɹə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,417 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for camera, with forms such as "acmera", "caemra", and "camear". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cara", "cater", "caper", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin camera (“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”), of Old Iranian origin, from Proto-Iranian *kamarā- (“something curved… The correct English form is camera, spelled C-A-M-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
- 2The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.
- 3A vaulted room.
- 4A judge's private chamber, where cases may be heard in camera.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how camera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. It’s therefore not surprising that most cameras mimic this arrangement.
Glance up while strolling through parts of downtown Hong Kong and, chances are, you’ll notice the glassy black lens of a surveillance camera trained on the city’s crowded streets. And that sight will become more common in the coming years, as the city’s police pursue an ambitious campaign to install thousands of cameras to elevate their surveillance capab…
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin camera (“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”), of Old Iranian origin, from Proto-Iranian *kamarā- (“something curved”), from *kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”). Doublet of chamber. (device): A clipping of camera obscura, from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acmera
- caemra
- camear
- camerra
- cammera
- camrea
- ccamera
- cmaera
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of camera - 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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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
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