camellia

noun

The verdict

“camellia” is uncommon French (frequency #91,495 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,495
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Graphie ancienne de camélia.

Corpus desk

Index FR-camellia · camellia · French

camellia · rank #91,495 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,495
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cambio

Nearest frequency peer: cambio (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « camellia »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « camellia » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for camellia
PropertyValue
Headwordcamellia
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#91,495
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « camellia » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).camelliatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cambio » (#91,494), « canonical » (#91,496), « calcination » (#91,493). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « camellia » est au #91,495. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

camellia is uncommon French at frequency #91,495 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Graphie ancienne de camélia.".

Zero misspellings are on record for camellia in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is camellia, spelled C-A-M-E-L-L-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Graphie ancienne de camélia.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les plus magnifiques vases opaques ne pouvaient produire l’effet de cette petite lampe transparente éclairée par une chaste flamme ; le plus superbe camellia, le plus magnifique dahlia n’étaient pas comparables à cette violette blanche au suave parfum.

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 "camellia"?
"camellia" is spelled C-A-M-E-L-L-I-A.
What does "camellia" mean?
As a noun, "camellia" means: Graphie ancienne de camélia.
What language does "camellia" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list