labour camp
"labour-camp" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“labour 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of prison where prisoners are obliged to do forced labour, usually outdoors.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | labour camp |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “labour camp” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
labour camp is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of prison where prisoners are obliged to do forced labour, usually outdoors.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for labour camp, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 labour camp, spelled L-A-B-O-U-R- -C-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1A type of prison where prisoners are obliged to do forced labour, usually outdoors.
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 “labour camp”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-A-B-O-U-R- -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.