# Carmel

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɑɹ.məl/ · frequency rank #21,741

## Definitions
1. A mountain range in Israel.
2. A female given name from Hebrew from the Roman Catholic epithet of Virgin Mary at Mount Carmel.
3. A city, valley, and river in Monterey County, California, United States. The full name of the city is Carmel-by-the-Sea.
4. One name for the mission located in Monterey County, California.
5. The Rumsen; the Native American people of this Monterey region.
6. Rumsen; the language of those people.
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14. A place in Wales:
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18. A suburb of Perth, Australia.

## Etymology
From Hebrew כַּרְמֶל (karmél, “vineyard of El/God”).

## Easily confused with
- **cruel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-cruel)
- **carol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-carol)
- **carve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-carve)
- **carte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-carte)
- **Carne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-carne)
- **Carter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-carter)
- **carpet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-carpet)
- **carved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-carved)
- **Carmen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-carmen)
- **cartel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-cartel)
- **carver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-carver)
- **Carney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-carney)
- **carnal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-carnal)
- **carpal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-carpal)
- **Cassel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-cassel)
- **charmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-charmed)
- **charmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmel-vs-charmer)
- **care** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/care-vs-carmel)
- **came** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/came-vs-carmel)
- **carl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carl-vs-carmel)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acrmel`, `camrel`, `careml`, `carmell`, `carmle`, `carmmel`, `carrmel`, `ccarmel`, `cramel`

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