internment camp
"internment-camp" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“internment 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a concentration camp, especially a non-Nazi one from before or during WWII; a detention center; a relocation camp.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | internment camp |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “internment camp” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
internment camp is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a concentration camp, especially a non-Nazi one from before or during WWII; a detention center; a relocation camp.".
Zero misspellings are on record for internment camp in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is internment camp, spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-M-E-N-T- -C-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1a concentration camp, especially a non-Nazi one from before or during WWII; a detention center; a relocation camp.
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.
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Using “internment camp”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-T-E-R-N-M-E-N-T- -C-A-M-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.