camée
\ka.me\
The verdict
“camée” is uncommon French (frequency #65,003 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,003
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pierre composée de différentes couches de diverses couleurs superposées et sculptée en relief.
Corpus desk
Index FR-camee · camée · French
camée · rank #65,003 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,003
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cambrien
Nearest frequency peer: cambrien (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « camée »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- califourchon
califourchon
35,003 corpus weight
- cambrien
cambrien
35,000 corpus weight
- camée
camée
34,998 corpus weight
- capétiens
capétiens
34,996 corpus weight
- caramels
caramels
34,995 corpus weight
- cassa
cassa
34,993 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « camée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | camée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.me\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « camée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
camée is uncommon French at frequency #65,003 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
camée has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is camée, spelled C-A-M-É-E.
Definition
- 1Pierre composée de différentes couches de diverses couleurs superposées et sculptée en relief.
- 2Imitation de camée faite en grisaille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how camée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un beau camée est plus rare qu’une belle pierre taillée en creux.
Un camée sur pierre dure.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).