caméra numérique

\ka.me.ʁa ny.me.ʁik\

/\ka.me.ʁa ny.me.ʁik\/ noun

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The verdict

“caméra numérique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Caméra fonctionnant avec un capteur électronique, contrairement à la caméra argentique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-camera-numerique · caméra numérique · French

caméra numérique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for caméra numérique
PropertyValue
Headwordcaméra numérique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.me.ʁa ny.me.ʁik\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “caméra numérique” sits in French frequency

caméra numérique falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

caméra numérique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.me.ʁa ny.me.ʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caméra fonctionnant avec un capteur électronique, contrairement à la caméra argentique.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for caméra numérique in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is caméra numérique, spelled C-A-M-É-R-A- -N-U-M-É-R-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caméra fonctionnant avec un capteur électronique, contrairement à la caméra argentique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le fonctionnement d'une caméra numérique est assez proche d'une caméra 35mm.

This word in other languages

digital camera(English)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caméra numérique"?
"caméra numérique" is spelled C-A-M-É-R-A- -N-U-M-É-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.me.ʁa ny.me.ʁik\.
What does "caméra numérique" mean?
As a noun, "caméra numérique" means: Caméra fonctionnant avec un capteur électronique, contrairement à la caméra argentique.
How do you pronounce "caméra numérique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caméra numérique" is \ka.me.ʁa ny.me.ʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caméra numérique" come from?
"caméra numérique" 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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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list