cama

/[ˈkama]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,134

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cama is aSpanishnoun. It means: Mueble que sirve para recostarse sobre él para dormir. Pronounced [ˈkama]. It ranks #1,134 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with com and can.

Key facts for cama
PropertyValue
Headwordcama
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkama]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,134
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cama in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cama is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkama]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,134 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for cama, with forms such as "acma", "caam", and "camma". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "com", "can", "cap", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cama, spelled C-A-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mueble que sirve para recostarse sobre él para dormir.
  2. 2
    El conjunto de la cama propiamente dicha y todos los accesorios que la acompañan: colchón, sábanas, frazadas, almohada o faceruelo, mantas, cubrecama, edredón, etc.
  3. 3
    Superficie plana o capa donde otros objetos son colocados.
  4. 4
    Plaza para un enfermo en un hospital.
  5. 5
    Lugar en el que se echan los animales para descansar.
  6. 6
    Mullido de paja, helecho u otras plantas que en los establos sirve para que el ganado descanse y haga estiércol.
  7. 7
    Parte trasera del camión, en donde se lleva la carga.
  8. 8
    Capa de tierra para sembrar en los almácigos.
  9. 9
    En el melón y otros frutos, parte que está pegada contra la tierra mientras están en la mata.
  10. 10
    En los guisados, porción de vianda que se echa extendida encima de otra para que se comuniquen el calor.
  11. 11
    Hoyo que forma en la arena o en el fango una embarcación varada.
  12. 12
    Variante obsoleta de camada.
  13. 13
    Sepulcro.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acma,caam,camma,ccama,cmaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cama

Misspelling Variants of "cama"

acma4caam4camma5ccama5cmaa4
Misspelling Variants of "cama"

Frequency rank: #1,134 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cama"?
"cama" is spelled C-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkama].
What does "cama" mean?
As a noun, "cama" means: Mueble que sirve para recostarse sobre él para dormir.
What words are commonly confused with "cama"?
"cama" is commonly confused with "com", "can", "cap". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cama" is [ˈkama]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cama" come from?
"cama" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.