Camerún

/[kameˈɾũn]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,520

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

Camerún is aSpanishname. It means: País de África occidental. Limita con el golfo de Guinea, Nigeria, Chad, la República Centroafricana, la República del Congo, Gabón y Guinea Ecuatorial. Pronounced [kameˈɾũn]. Often confused with cayeron and cayeran.

Key facts for Camerún
PropertyValue
HeadwordCamerún
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[kameˈɾũn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,520
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Camerún is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kameˈɾũn]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,520 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "País de África occidental. Limita con el golfo de Guinea, Nigeria, Chad, la República Centroafricana, la República del Congo, Gabón y Guinea Ecuatorial.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Camerún, with forms such as "acmerún", "caemrún", and "camernú". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "cayeron", "cayeran", "comerán", 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 Camerún, spelled C-A-M-E-R-Ú-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    País de África occidental. Limita con el golfo de Guinea, Nigeria, Chad, la República Centroafricana, la República del Congo, Gabón y Guinea Ecuatorial.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acmerún,caemrún,camernú,camerrún,camerúnn,cameúrn,cammerún,camreún,ccamerún,cmaerún

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Camerún

Misspelling Variants of "Camerún"

acmerún7caemrún7camernú7camerrún8camerúnn8cameúrn7cammerún8camreún7
Misspelling Variants of "Camerún"

Frequency rank: #16,520 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Camerún"?
"Camerún" is spelled C-A-M-E-R-Ú-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kameˈɾũn].
What does "Camerún" mean?
As a name, "Camerún" means: País de África occidental. Limita con el golfo de Guinea, Nigeria, Chad, la República Centroafricana, la República del Congo, Gabón y Guinea Ecuatorial.
What words are commonly confused with "Camerún"?
"Camerún" is commonly confused with "cayeron", "cayeran", "comerán". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Camerún"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Camerún" is [kameˈɾũn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Camerún" come from?
"Camerún" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.