camus

\ka.my\

/\ka.my\/ adj

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The verdict

“camus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,834
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a le nez court et aplati.

Corpus desk

Index FR-camus · camus · French

camus · rank #10,834 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,834
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brooklyn

Nearest frequency peer: Brooklyn (-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 « camus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « camus » 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).

camus vs cas
60% similar
camus vs CMS
0% similar
camus vs CMU
0% similar

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

Key facts for camus
PropertyValue
Headwordcamus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ka.my\
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,834
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « camus »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.camusse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Brooklyn » (#10,833), « capturer » (#10,835), « brique » (#10,832). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « camus » est au #10,834. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around camus (IPA \ka.my\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,834 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for camus, with forms such as "acmus", "cammus", and "camsu". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cas", "CMS", "CMU", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is camus, spelled C-A-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a le nez court et aplati.
  2. 2
    Se dit aussi de certains animaux.
  3. 3
    Embarrassé, interdit, penaud.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour toi, Socrate, tu n’étais qu’un pauvre homme, laid, camus, chauve.
  2. Ils déclarent qu’on ne peut être camus sans avoir de nez.

Synonyms

camardaplatiécachéécraséépatésimeconfusembarrasséhonteuxébahi

This word in other languages

pug(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acmus
  • cammus
  • camsu
  • camuss
  • caums
  • ccamus
  • cmaus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acmus2cammus1camsu2camuss1caums2ccamus1cmaus2
Edit distance from "camus"

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 "camus"?
"camus" is spelled C-A-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.my\.
What does "camus" mean?
As an adjective, "camus" means: Qui a le nez court et aplati.
What words are commonly confused with "camus"?
"camus" is commonly confused with "cas", "CMS", "CMU". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "camus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "camus" is \ka.my\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "camus" come from?
"camus" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chocs#10,840close#10,842accro#10,815Vénus#10,807

Similar misspelling depth

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

Brille7 variantsstate7 variantshabille7 variantsriver7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list