camisole
/ˈkamɪsəʊl/
"camisole" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“camisole” is uncommon English (frequency #86,106 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,106
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée.
Corpus desk
Index EN-camisole · camisole · English
camisole · rank #86,106 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,106
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Camberley
Nearest frequency peer: Camberley (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “camisole”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cabe
Cabe
13,899 corpus weight
- cadenza
cadenza
13,898 corpus weight
- callosum
callosum
13,897 corpus weight
- Camberley
Camberley
13,896 corpus weight
- camisole
camisole
13,895 corpus weight
- caput
caput
13,892 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “camisole” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | camisole |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkamɪsəʊl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “camisole” in English
Rare enough to double-check
camisole is uncommon English at frequency #86,106 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkamɪsəʊl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for camisole in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French camisole, from Old Occitan camisola, diminutive of camisa (“shirt”). The correct English form is camisole, spelled C-A-M-I-S-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée.
- 2A straitjacket.
- 3A light jacket with sleeves.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how camisole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A visible bra strap, a bit of camisole peeking, a partially exposed thong: Innerwear slinks into a new role
Etymology
From French camisole, from Old Occitan camisola, diminutive of camisa (“shirt”).
This word in other languages
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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