camello

/[kaˈmeʝo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,594

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

camello is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Camelus spp.) Cualquiera de dos especies de mamíferos ungulados nativos del Viejo Mundo, adaptados a la vida en hábitats muy secos. Almacenan nutrientes y líquido en protuberancias ubicadas en el ... Pronounced [kaˈmeʝo]. Often confused with cuello and Camilo.

Key facts for camello
PropertyValue
Headwordcamello
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈmeʝo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,594
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for camello is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈmeʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,594 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.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for camello, with forms such as "acmello", "caemllo", and "camelo". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "cuello", "Camilo", "canelo", 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 camello, spelled C-A-M-E-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Camelus spp.) Cualquiera de dos especies de mamíferos ungulados nativos del Viejo Mundo, adaptados a la vida en hábitats muy secos. Almacenan nutrientes y líquido en protuberancias ubicadas en el lomo (jorobas), pudiendo sobrevivir sin beber varias semanas. Son empleados con animales de carga por los nativos de esas regiones.
  2. 2
    (Camelus bactrianus) En particular, la especie de camello natural del Asia Central, distintiva por poseer dos jorobas, en contraposición al dromedario (C. dromedarius), nativo del norte de África y el Oriente Medio.
  3. 3
    Persona que se dedica al tráfico de drogas psicotrópicas, especialmente al por menor.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acmello,caemllo,camelo,camelol,camlelo,cammello,ccamello,cmaello

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for camello

Misspelling Variants of "camello"

acmello7caemllo7camelo6camelol7camlelo7cammello8ccamello8cmaello7
Misspelling Variants of "camello"

Frequency rank: #21,594 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "camello"?
"camello" is spelled C-A-M-E-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈmeʝo].
What does "camello" mean?
As a noun, "camello" means: (Camelus spp.) Cualquiera de dos especies de mamíferos ungulados nativos del Viejo Mundo, adaptados a la vida en hábitats muy secos. Almacenan nutrientes y líquido en protuberancias ubicadas en el ...
What words are commonly confused with "camello"?
"camello" is commonly confused with "cuello", "Camilo", "canelo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "camello"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "camello" is [kaˈmeʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "camello" come from?
"camello" 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.