camelo
[kaˈmelo]
The verdict
“camelo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,153 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,153
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cosa que aparenta ser algo bueno o favorable sin serlo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-camelo · camelo · Spanish
camelo · rank #76,153 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,153
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 77,812
- PHOTO-FINISH cambur
Nearest frequency peer: cambur (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “camelo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- calcáreas
calcáreas
23,851 corpus weight
- cambur
cambur
23,849 corpus weight
- camelo
camelo
23,848 corpus weight
- capellanía
capellanía
23,845 corpus weight
- caquita
caquita
23,844 corpus weight
- carillas
carillas
23,842 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “camelo” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | camelo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈmelo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,153 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “camelo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
camelo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,153 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈmelo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for camelo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is camelo, spelled C-A-M-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1Cosa que aparenta ser algo bueno o favorable sin serlo.
- 2Noticia falsa o engañosa.
- 3Galanteo, lisonjeo.
- 4Chasco, burla.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "camelo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.