camomille

\ka.mɔ.mij\

/\ka.mɔ.mij\/ noun

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The verdict

“camomille” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,164. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,164
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un certain nombre de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Astéracées à capitules jaunes du genre Chamomilla mais aussi Anthemis, Chamaemelum et Tanacetum.

Corpus desk

Index FR-camomille · camomille · French

camomille · rank #40,164 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #40,164
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH carabiniers

Nearest frequency peer: carabiniers (+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 « camomille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « camomille » 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).

camomille vs Camille
67% similar

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

Key facts for camomille
PropertyValue
Headwordcamomille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.mɔ.mij\
Letters9
Frequency rank#40,164
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « camomille »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).camomillese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « carabiniers » (#40,165), « calanques » (#40,162), « Castellane » (#40,166). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « camomille » est au #40,164. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around camomille (IPA \ka.mɔ.mij\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,164 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for camomille, with forms such as "acmomille", "cammoille", and "cammomille". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Camille", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is camomille, spelled C-A-M-O-M-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un certain nombre de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Astéracées à capitules jaunes du genre Chamomilla mais aussi Anthemis, Chamaemelum et Tanacetum.
  2. 2
    Infusion de camomille (la plante).
  3. 3
    Matricaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Camomille romaine.
  2. Deux très gros bouquets de roses et de camomilles, cordés comme des fagots, se fanent sur la cheminée, dans les vases de verre bleu, et jusqu’au jardin dilatent le parfum fort et flétri qui suit les enterrements…

This word in other languages

camomile(English)manzanilla(Español)Kamille(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acmomille
  • cammoille
  • cammomille
  • camoimlle
  • camomile
  • camomilel
  • camomlile
  • camommille
  • caommille
  • ccamomille
  • cmaomille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of camomille - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acmomille2cammoille2cammomille1camoimlle2camomile1camomilel2camomlile2camommille1
Edit distance from "camomille"

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 "camomille"?
"camomille" is spelled C-A-M-O-M-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.mɔ.mij\.
What does "camomille" mean?
As a noun, "camomille" means: Un certain nombre de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Astéracées à capitules jaunes du genre Chamomilla mais aussi Anthemis, Chamaemelum et Tanacetum.
What words are commonly confused with "camomille"?
"camomille" is commonly confused with "Camille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "camomille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "camomille" is \ka.mɔ.mij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "camomille" come from?
"camomille" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

calanques#40,162cervicale#40,168bûcherons#40,158burundais#40,157

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list