campus
/ˈkæmpəs/noun, verb
campus is spelled C-A-M-P-U-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, campus means “The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of campus is campuses or campusses; Wiktionary also lists campi (nonstandard).
How many letters and syllables are in campus?
| Letters | 6: C-A-M-P-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 32 times per million words; the 2,941st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is campus?
Campus appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st 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 campus?
- UK /ˈkæmpəs/
- UK /ˈkæmpʊs/
- US /ˈkæmpəs/
Campus has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-campus.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-campus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with campus?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as campus from its last stressed vowel (/æmpəs/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of campus
- campuses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- campusses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- campusing participle, present
- campussing participle, present
- campused participle, past
- campussed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does campus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
The campus is sixty hectares in size.
- 2
An institution of higher education and its ambiance.
During the late 1960s, many an American campus was in a state of turmoil.
verb
- 1
To confine (a student) to campus as a punishment.
- 2
To use a campus board, or to climb without feet as one would on a campus board.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate campus?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of campus: cpus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Campus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense grounds or property of a school, etc:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | campus |
| German | Campus, Universitätsgelände, Unigelände, Hochschulgelände |
| Portuguese | campus |
| Spanish | campus |
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.
Where does campus come from?
Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ. First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).