concentration camp
"concentration-camp" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“concentration camp” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A camp where troops are assembled, prior to combat or transport.
Corpus desk
Index EN-concentration-camp · concentration camp · English
concentration camp · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | concentration camp |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “concentration camp” in English
Rare enough to double-check
concentration camp is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for concentration camp in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From concentration + camp. In later use partly after German Konzentrationslager, itself a calque of the English term. The correct English form is concentration camp, spelled C-O-N-C-E-N-T-R-A-T-I-O-N- -C-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1A camp where troops are assembled, prior to combat or transport.
- 2A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities.
- 3A situation of overcrowding and extremely harsh conditions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how concentration camp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A concentration camp is a place, near the scene of intended operations or near an embarkation point, where troops are assembled for immediate use against the enemy or for transport to an over-sea theater of operations.
1930, Winston S. Churchill, My Early Life, Chapter XIV The 21st Lancers… …journey forward by nine days' march to the advanced concentration camp just north of the Shabluka Cataract.
Etymology
From concentration + camp. In later use partly after German Konzentrationslager, itself a calque of the English term.
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.