camélia

\ka.me.lja\

/\ka.me.lja\/ noun

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The verdict

“camélia” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,388. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,388
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbuste (parfois arbre) originaire d’Asie de l’Est et du Sud-Est, appartenant à la famille des Théacées et au genre Camellia, qui produit des fleurs simples, semi-doubles ou doubles aux pétales cir...

Corpus desk

Index FR-camelia · camélia · French

camélia · rank #48,388 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,388
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH campent

Nearest frequency peer: campent (-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 « camélia »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « camélia » 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).

camélia vs Célia
57% similar
camélia vs Camilla
57% similar
camélia vs camelot
57% similar

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

Key facts for camélia
PropertyValue
Headwordcamélia
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.me.lja\
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,388
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « camélia »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).caméliase place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « campent » (#48,387), « Canberra » (#48,389), « campaign » (#48,386). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « camélia » est au #48,388. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around camélia (IPA \ka.me.lja\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,388 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for camélia, with forms such as "acmélia", "camelia", and "camléia". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Célia", "Camilla", "camelot", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is camélia, spelled C-A-M-É-L-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbuste (parfois arbre) originaire d’Asie de l’Est et du Sud-Est, appartenant à la famille des Théacées et au genre Camellia, qui produit des fleurs simples, semi-doubles ou doubles aux pétales cireux, de couleur blanche, rose ou rouge, à nombreuses étamines, généralement inodores.
  2. 2
    Fleurs de cet arbuste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les camélias de Fa-ti sont magnifiques, et croissent en pleine terre.
  2. Selon Kaempfer, les camélias sauvages poussaient au Japon dans les haies et il existait également des variétés cultivées.

This word in other languages

camellia(English)camelia(Español)Kamelie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acmélia
  • camelia
  • camléia
  • cammélia
  • caméila
  • camélai
  • caméllia
  • caémlia
  • ccamélia
  • cmaélia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of camélia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acmélia2camelia1camléia2cammélia1caméila2camélai2caméllia1caémlia2
Edit distance from "camélia"

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 "camélia"?
"camélia" is spelled C-A-M-É-L-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.me.lja\.
What does "camélia" mean?
As a noun, "camélia" means: Arbuste (parfois arbre) originaire d’Asie de l’Est et du Sud-Est, appartenant à la famille des Théacées et au genre Camellia, qui produit des fleurs simples, semi-doubles ou doubles aux pétales cir...
What words are commonly confused with "camélia"?
"camélia" is commonly confused with "Célia", "Camilla", "camelot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "camélia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "camélia" is \ka.me.lja\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "camélia" come from?
"camélia" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

campent#48,387calling#48,383canyons#48,393brouter#48,378

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Canberra10 variantsBritain10 variantsbrands10 variantsbirmane10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list