camouflage
cam·ou·flage/ˈkæ.məˌflɑːʒ/noun, verb
camouflage is spelled C-A-M-O-U-F-L-A-G-E, 3 syllables: cam·ou·flage. The wrong spelling people search most is camoflage: about 410 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 17 of all searches for the word. Camouflage is a noun meaning “A disguise or covering up”. The plural of camouflage is camouflages.
How many letters and syllables are in camouflage?
| Letters | 10: C-A-M-O-U-F-L-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: cam·ou·flage |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, camoflage, about 410 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell camouflage?
Camouflage is spelled C-A-M-O-U-F-L-A-G-E. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 14 of the searches for camouflage in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is camouflage?
Camouflage appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce camouflage?
- /ˈkæ.məˌflɑːʒ/
Camouflage has 3 syllables, split cam·ou·flage in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-camouflage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of camouflage
- camouflages plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- camouflaging participle, present
- camouflaged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does camouflage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A disguise or covering up.
- 2
The act of disguising.
- 3
The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
- 4
A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
- 5
The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
- 6
Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
verb
- 1
To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing its appearance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate camouflage?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of camouflage: camo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Camouflage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | déguisement , camouflage , camoufler |
| German | Tarnmaterial, Tarnung , Tarnen , tarnen , Camouflage |
| Portuguese | camuflagem , camuflar |
| Spanish | camuflar, camuflajear |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.