camp fever
/ˈkæmp ˌfiːvə/
"camp-fever" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“camp fever” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An infectious disease causing fever that spreads in camps, specifically typhus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-camp-fever · camp fever · English
camp fever · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | camp fever |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkæmp ˌfiːvə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “camp fever” in English
Rare enough to double-check
camp fever is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkæmp ˌfiːvə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An infectious disease causing fever that spreads in camps, specifically typhus.".
Zero misspellings are on record for camp fever in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From camp + fever. The correct English form is camp fever, spelled C-A-M-P- -F-E-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1An infectious disease causing fever that spreads in camps, specifically typhus.
Etymology
From camp + fever.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.