kamp
/kæmp/
"kamp" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kamp” is uncommon English (frequency #57,486 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,486
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - homosexual
Corpus desk
Index EN-kamp · kamp · English
kamp · rank #57,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,486
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH kava
Nearest frequency peer: kava (+3 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 “kamp”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Josephson
Josephson
42,521 corpus weight
- jostling
jostling
42,520 corpus weight
- Jungian
Jungian
42,519 corpus weight
- kamp
kamp
42,515 corpus weight
- kava
kava
42,512 corpus weight
- Kem
Kem
42,510 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kamp” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kamp |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kæmp/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kamp” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kamp is uncommon English at frequency #57,486 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kæmp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for kamp in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Spelling variant of camp (“homosexual”). The correct English form is kamp, spelled K-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1homosexual
- 2lesbian (in Maori communities)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kamp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Finally we found the Western Park, a scungy unpopular pub then, which agreed to allow kamp girls to drink there.
It was 1961 and the kamp girls' scene had grown larger. Many Maori had begun moving to the cities, and among them were not only many more Maori drag queens but also Maori kamp girls.
Etymology
Spelling variant of camp (“homosexual”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).