camomile
/ˈkæ.məˌmaɪl/
"camomile" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“camomile” is an uncommon English word, ranked #90,251 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #90,251
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A composite plant with a fragrance reminiscent of apples:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | camomile |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkæ.məˌmaɪl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “camomile” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for camomile is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkæ.məˌmaɪl/. Corpus data places it at rank #90,251 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for camomile in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English camamille, first attested 1265, from Old French camomille, from Late Latin camomilla, from Latin chamaemelon, from Ancient Greek χαμαίμηλον (khamaímēlon, literally “earth-apple”), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “app… The correct English form is camomile, spelled C-A-M-O-M-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1A composite plant with a fragrance reminiscent of apples:
- 2A composite plant with a fragrance reminiscent of apples:
- 3Any of several other similar plants. (See below)
- 4Ellipsis of camomile tea.
Etymology
From Middle English camamille, first attested 1265, from Old French camomille, from Late Latin camomilla, from Latin chamaemelon, from Ancient Greek χαμαίμηλον (khamaímēlon, literally “earth-apple”), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). So called because of the apple-like scent of the plant.
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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Using “camomile”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-M-O-M-I-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkæ.məˌmaɪl/ (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.