camion

\ka.mjɔ̃\

/\ka.mjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“camion” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,050. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,050
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Véhicule terrestre automobile équipé d’un, deux ou trois essieux directeurs ainsi que de un à trois essieux porteurs et destiné au transport de marchandises.

Corpus desk

Index FR-camion · camion · French

camion · rank #4,050 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,050
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH bénéfices

Nearest frequency peer: bénéfices (-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 « camion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « camion » 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).

camion vs canon
67% similar
camion vs caron
67% similar
camion vs campo
67% similar

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

Key facts for camion
PropertyValue
Headwordcamion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.mjɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,050
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « camion »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.camionse 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 « bénéfices » (#4,049), « camps » (#4,051), « bouffe » (#4,048). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « camion » est au #4,050. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around camion (IPA \ka.mjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,050 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for camion, with forms such as "acmion", "caimon", and "camionn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "canon", "caron", "campo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 camion, spelled C-A-M-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Véhicule terrestre automobile équipé d’un, deux ou trois essieux directeurs ainsi que de un à trois essieux porteurs et destiné au transport de marchandises.
  2. 2
    Fardier ; haquet ; chariot bas.
  3. 3
    Récipient d’assez grande capacité.
  4. 4
    Seau utilisé par les peintres en bâtiments pour délayer les peintures.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je traversai une cour encombrée de jeeps et de camions militaires et j’arrivai devant l’entrée du bâtiment inachevé.
  2. Sans les camionneurs, l’économie brésilienne serait paralysée. Sur les routes en bon état de Rio, de Sâo Paulo ou de Belo Horizonte, les camions circulent par milliers, tous les jours.

Synonyms

dix-rouespoids lourdpick-uppick-up trucksemi-remorquesix rouestruckvan

This word in other languages

lorry(English)camión(Español)Lastwagen(Deutsch)caminhão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acmion
  • caimon
  • camionn
  • cammion
  • camoin
  • ccamion
  • cmaion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of camion - 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.

acmion2caimon2camionn1cammion1camoin2ccamion1cmaion2
Edit distance from "camion"

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 "camion"?
"camion" is spelled C-A-M-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.mjɔ̃\.
What does "camion" mean?
As a noun, "camion" means: Véhicule terrestre automobile équipé d’un, deux ou trois essieux directeurs ainsi que de un à trois essieux porteurs et destiné au transport de marchandises.
What words are commonly confused with "camion"?
"camion" is commonly confused with "canon", "caron", "campo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "camion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "camion" is \ka.mjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "camion" come from?
"camion" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bouffe#4,048Arthur#4,040Alsace#4,037donnez#4,066

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

bonus7 variantstapis7 variantsivoire7 variantsseras7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list