caméléon

\ka.me.le.ɔ̃\

/\ka.me.le.ɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“caméléon” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,919. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,919
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reptile insectivore ayant notamment la capacité de changer de couleur (ils constituent les Caméléonidés, Chamaeleonidae).

Corpus desk

Index FR-cameleon · caméléon · French

caméléon · rank #25,919 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,919
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calotte

Nearest frequency peer: calotte (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « caméléon »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « caméléon » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

caméléon vs Cameron
50% similar
caméléon vs camelot
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for caméléon
PropertyValue
Headwordcaméléon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.me.le.ɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,919
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « caméléon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.caméléonse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « calotte » (#25,918), « cahors » (#25,917), « cafard » (#25,916). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caméléon » est au #25,919. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around caméléon (IPA \ka.me.le.ɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,919 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for caméléon, with forms such as "acméléon", "cameleon", and "camlééon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Cameron", "camelot", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is caméléon, spelled C-A-M-É-L-É-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Reptile insectivore ayant notamment la capacité de changer de couleur (ils constituent les Caméléonidés, Chamaeleonidae).
  2. 2
    Personne qui change d’avis, d’humeur et de langage au gré de ses intérêts.
  3. 3
    Désigne des tissus dont la trame et la chaîne sont d'une couleurs différentes.
  4. 4
    Périphrase désignant la société américaine Nvidia, par référence à son logotype.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how caméléon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] il est presque impossible qu’un prince soit si fort maître de lui-même, qu’il prenne toutes les couleurs comme un caméléon.
  2. La cour de notre auberge, arrangée en patio, était ornée d’une fontaine entourée d’arbustes sur lesquels vivait un peuple de caméléons. Il serait difficile d’imaginer un animal plus bizarrement hideux. Figurez-vous une espèce de lézard ventru, de six à sept pouces plus ou moins, avec une gueule démesurément fendue, qui darde une langue visqueuse, blanchât…

This word in other languages

chameleon(English)camaleón(Español)Chamäleon(Deutsch)camaleão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acméléon
  • cameleon
  • camlééon
  • camméléon
  • camélléon
  • caméloén
  • caméléno
  • caméléonn
  • caméélon
  • caémléon
  • ccaméléon
  • cmaéléon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caméléon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acméléon2cameleon2camlééon2camméléon1camélléon1caméloén2caméléno2caméléonn1
Edit distance from "caméléon"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caméléon"?
"caméléon" is spelled C-A-M-É-L-É-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.me.le.ɔ̃\.
What does "caméléon" mean?
As a noun, "caméléon" means: Reptile insectivore ayant notamment la capacité de changer de couleur (ils constituent les Caméléonidés, Chamaeleonidae).
What words are commonly confused with "caméléon"?
"caméléon" is commonly confused with "Cameron", "camelot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caméléon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caméléon" is \ka.me.le.ɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caméléon" come from?
"caméléon" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caméléon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bourassa#25,913clôtures#25,929blaireau#25,907comptera#25,941

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

commandos12 variantsCorentin12 variantsanimalier12 variantsDuchesne12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list