camelots

\kam.lo\

/\kam.lo\/ noun

The verdict

“camelots” is uncommon French (frequency #69,651 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,651
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de camelot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-camelots · camelots · French

camelots · rank #69,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,651
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calvo

Nearest frequency peer: calvo (-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 « camelots »

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 « camelots » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for camelots
PropertyValue
Headwordcamelots
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kam.lo\
Letters8
Frequency rank#69,651
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « camelots » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).camelotstombe 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: « calvo » (#69,649), « californiennes » (#69,648), « canaria » (#69,654). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « camelots » est au #69,651. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

camelots is uncommon French at frequency #69,651 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kam.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de camelot.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for camelots, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is camelots, spelled C-A-M-E-L-O-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de camelot.

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 "camelots"?
"camelots" is spelled C-A-M-E-L-O-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kam.lo\.
What does "camelots" mean?
As a noun, "camelots" means: Pluriel de camelot.
How do you pronounce "camelots"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "camelots" is \kam.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "camelots" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "camelots", 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