camelia

[kaˈmelja]

/[kaˈmelja]/ noun

The verdict

“camelia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,864 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,864
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de camelio.

Corpus desk

Index ES-camelia · camelia · Spanish

camelia · rank #70,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,864
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH Camaño

Nearest frequency peer: Camaño (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “camelia”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “camelia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for camelia
PropertyValue
Headwordcamelia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈmelja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,864
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “camelia” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).cameliacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Camaño” (#70,863), “canalizando” (#70,865), “californianos” (#70,862). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “camelia” va en #70,864. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

camelia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,864 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈmelja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for camelia in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is camelia, spelled C-A-M-E-L-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de camelio.
  2. 2
    Flor del camelio.
  3. 3
    Amapola.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "camelia"?
"camelia" is spelled C-A-M-E-L-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈmelja].
What does "camelia" mean?
As a noun, "camelia" means: Variante de camelio.
How do you pronounce "camelia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "camelia" is [kaˈmelja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "camelia" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "camelia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list