camembert
[kamẽmˈbeɾt̪]
The verdict
“camembert” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,191 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,191
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Queso de leche de vaca, de pasta fresca y cremosa, y característica corteza blanca producida por la acción de la bacteria Penicillium camemberti.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | camembert |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kamẽmˈbeɾt̪] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “camembert” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
camembert is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,191 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kamẽmˈbeɾt̪]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Queso de leche de vaca, de pasta fresca y cremosa, y característica corteza blanca producida por la acción de la bacteria Penicillium camemberti.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for camembert, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is camembert, spelled C-A-M-E-M-B-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Queso de leche de vaca, de pasta fresca y cremosa, y característica corteza blanca producida por la acción de la bacteria Penicillium camemberti.
This word in other languages
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 “camembert”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-M-E-M-B-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kamẽmˈbeɾt̪] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.