kamp
/kæmp/adjective
kamp is spelled K-A-M-P: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, kamp means “homosexual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in kamp?
| Letters | 4: K-A-M-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 57,423rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is kamp?
Kamp appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce kamp?
- /kæmp/
- [kʰɛəmp]
Kamp has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-camp.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does kamp mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Australiahomosexual
- 2
lesbian (in Maori communities)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kamp come from?
Spelling variant of camp (“homosexual”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).