decamp
/diːˈkæmp/
"decamp" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“decamp” is uncommon English (frequency #76,695 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,695
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To break up camp and move on.
Corpus desk
Index EN-decamp · decamp · English
decamp · rank #76,695 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,695
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH decadal
Nearest frequency peer: decadal (-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 “decamp”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- datasheet
datasheet
23,311 corpus weight
- debenture
debenture
23,308 corpus weight
- decadal
decadal
23,307 corpus weight
- decamp
decamp
23,306 corpus weight
- decommission
decommission
23,304 corpus weight
- Deeside
Deeside
23,302 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “decamp” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decamp |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /diːˈkæmp/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,695 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “decamp” in English
Rare enough to double-check
decamp is uncommon English at frequency #76,695 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /diːˈkæmp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for decamp, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: * French décamper, Old French descamper. The correct English form is decamp, spelled D-E-C-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1To break up camp and move on.
- 2To disappear suddenly and secretly.
- 3To debark, to disembark.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how decamp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Colombia is a red herring, however. The songs that became Madame X actually came together during Madonna’s two years in Portugal, where she decamped in 2017 when her son David enrolled in Benfica’s football academy. Madonna absorbed the local sounds with more of a mature, simpatico rather than asset-stripping eye.
Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head in some secluded spot outside the city proper, famished loiterers of the Thames embankment category they might be hanging…
Etymology
* French décamper, Old French descamper.
Synonyms
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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