camphrer
\kɑ̃.fʁe\
The verdict
“camphrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Imprégner de camphre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-camphrer · camphrer · French
camphrer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | camphrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.fʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « camphrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
camphrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɑ̃.fʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for camphrer, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is camphrer, spelled C-A-M-P-H-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Imprégner de camphre.
- 2Boire excessivement d’un alcool fort.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how camphrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Camphrer des vêtements, des meubles, pour les préserver des vers.
Dans toutes les chambres, la literie était soigneusement roulée, tapée, pliée et camphrée.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.