Camorra
/kəˈmɒɹə/
"camorra" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Camorra” is uncommon English (frequency #69,712 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,712
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A secret crime organization from Naples, Italy, equivalent to the Mafia of Sicily.
Corpus desk
Index EN-camorra · Camorra · English
Camorra · rank #69,712 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,712
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Calista
Nearest frequency peer: Calista (-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 “Camorra”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bussed
bussed
30,292 corpus weight
- Calista
Calista
30,290 corpus weight
- Camorra
Camorra
30,289 corpus weight
- campervan
campervan
30,288 corpus weight
- Cannae
Cannae
30,286 corpus weight
- carrol
carrol
30,285 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Camorra” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Camorra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kəˈmɒɹə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Camorra” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Camorra is uncommon English at frequency #69,712 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /kəˈmɒɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A secret crime organization from Naples, Italy, equivalent to the Mafia of Sicily.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Camorra in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian camorra, from a Neapolitan word supposedly from Spanish camorra (“dispute, quarrel”). The correct English form is Camorra, spelled C-A-M-O-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1A secret crime organization from Naples, Italy, equivalent to the Mafia of Sicily.
Etymology
From Italian camorra, from a Neapolitan word supposedly from Spanish camorra (“dispute, quarrel”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).