Camilo

name

The verdict

“Camilo” is uncommon French (frequency #70,454 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,454
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-camilo · Camilo · French

Camilo · rank #70,454 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,454
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calibrés

Nearest frequency peer: calibrés (-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 « Camilo »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Camilo
PropertyValue
HeadwordCamilo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,454
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Camilo » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « calibrés » (#70,453), « canalisée » (#70,455), « calebasse » (#70,452). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Camilo » est au #70,454. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Camilo is uncommon French at frequency #70,454 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Camilo, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Camilo, spelled C-A-M-I-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La cabaret Don Camilo, qui a vu défiler la plupart des grands noms de l’humour chansonnier, va fermer ses portes, a affirmé vendredi l’un des fils de son fondateur, Richard Vergnes.

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 "Camilo"?
"Camilo" is spelled C-A-M-I-L-O.
What does "Camilo" mean?
As a proper noun, "Camilo" means: Prénom masculin.
What language does "Camilo" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list