camelia
[kaˈmelja]
The verdict
“camelia” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #70,864 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #70,864
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de camelio.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | camelia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈmelja] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “camelia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for camelia is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈmelja]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,864 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Variante de camelio.
- 2Flor del camelio.
- 3Amapola.
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.
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Using “camelia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-M-E-L-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaˈmelja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.