campeur

\kɑ̃.pœʁ\

/\kɑ̃.pœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“campeur” is uncommon French (frequency #68,107 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,107
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui campe, qui pratique le camping.

Corpus desk

Index FR-campeur · campeur · French

campeur · rank #68,107 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,107
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calibrée

Nearest frequency peer: calibrée (-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 « campeur »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for campeur
PropertyValue
Headwordcampeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɑ̃.pœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#68,107
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « campeur » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).campeurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « calibrée » (#68,106), « caissiers » (#68,105), « candle » (#68,109). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « campeur » est au #68,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

campeur is uncommon French at frequency #68,107 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɑ̃.pœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for campeur in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is campeur, spelled C-A-M-P-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui campe, qui pratique le camping.
  2. 2
    Joueur qui reste à la même zone stratégique lui permettant d’obtenir facilement des points.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Par ailleurs, les sondages effectués démontrent que l'âge moyen du campeur adulte est passé de 28 ans en 1954 à 38 ans en 1964.
  2. Pour planter sa tente, comptez 6 € la nuit (seul) et 10 € à 2 personnes, en basse saison. 160 emplacements attendent les campeurs au milieu de 2 ha de verdure, sur les bords de la Charente.

This word in other languages

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 "campeur"?
"campeur" is spelled C-A-M-P-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ̃.pœʁ\.
What does "campeur" mean?
As a noun, "campeur" means: Personne qui campe, qui pratique le camping.
How do you pronounce "campeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "campeur" is \kɑ̃.pœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "campeur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list