# Camus

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #33,553

## Definitions
1. A surname from French.
2. Albert Camus, French author and philosopher

## Etymology
From the French surname, from the adjective camus (“flat-nosed”). This also appears as Spanish and Catalan camús, cognate with the French word.

## Easily confused with
- **cas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-cas)
- **CMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-cms)
- **cars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-cars)
- **cats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-cats)
- **caps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-caps)
- **cans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-cans)
- **Cass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-cass)
- **CMOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-cmos)
- **cums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-cums)
- **coms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-coms)
- **comes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-comes)
- **cause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-cause)
- **cases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-cases)
- **cards** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-cards)
- **cares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-cares)
- **Cyrus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-cyrus)
- **caves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-caves)
- **Claus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-claus)
- **carts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-carts)
- **carbs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camus-vs-carbs)

## Common misspellings (7)
`acmus`, `cammus`, `camsu`, `camuss`, `caums`, `ccamus`, `cmaus`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/camus