Kampuchea
/kæmpəˈt͡ʃiːə/
"kampuchea" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kampuchea” is uncommon English (frequency #73,335 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,335
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Former name of Cambodia: a country in Southeast Asia, used from 1975 to 1989.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kampuchea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kæmpəˈt͡ʃiːə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kampuchea” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kampuchea is uncommon English at frequency #73,335 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /kæmpəˈt͡ʃiːə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Former name of Cambodia: a country in Southeast Asia, used from 1975 to 1989.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kampuchea, 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: Transliteration of Khmer កម្ពុជា (kampuciə). Doublet of Cambodia and gamboge. The correct English form is Kampuchea, spelled K-A-M-P-U-C-H-E-A.
Definition
- 1Former name of Cambodia: a country in Southeast Asia, used from 1975 to 1989.
Etymology
Transliteration of Khmer កម្ពុជា (kampuciə). Doublet of Cambodia and gamboge.
Synonyms
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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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Using “Kampuchea”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-A-M-P-U-C-H-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kæmpəˈt͡ʃiːə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.