campy
/ˈkæmpi/
"campy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“campy” is uncommon English (frequency #52,206 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,206
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.
Corpus desk
Index EN-campy · campy · English
campy · rank #52,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,206
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cammy
Nearest frequency peer: Cammy (-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 “campy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cag
cag
47,797 corpus weight
- Cammy
Cammy
47,796 corpus weight
- campy
campy
47,795 corpus weight
- cap'n
cap'n
47,794 corpus weight
- caressed
caressed
47,793 corpus weight
- caseload
caseload
47,791 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “campy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | campy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkæmpi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “campy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
campy is uncommon English at frequency #52,206 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkæmpi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for campy, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From camp (“an affected or exaggerated style”) + -y. The correct English form is campy, spelled C-A-M-P-Y.
Definition
- 1Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how campy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Stu liked to watch campy B-movie horror flicks from the 1950s, not because they scared him, but because he found them funny.
It no longer worked, culturally or financially, to be either snooty or campy about lowbrow culture; at the same time its mediation of highbrow culture no longer counted for much either.
Etymology
From camp (“an affected or exaggerated style”) + -y.
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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