chameau
\ʃa.mo\
The verdict
“chameau” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #20,081 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,081
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mammifère quadrupède ruminant haut de jambes du genre Camelus, ayant une ou deux bosses sur le dos.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chameau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.mo\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,081 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chameau” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chameau is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃa.mo\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,081 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chameau, with forms such as "cahmeau", "cchameau", and "chaemau". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Comeau", "château", "chapeau", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chameau, spelled C-H-A-M-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Mammifère quadrupède ruminant haut de jambes du genre Camelus, ayant une ou deux bosses sur le dos.
- 2Chameau de Bactriane par opposition au dromadaire.
- 3Femme.
- 4Personne méchante et désagréable.
- 5Notodonte chameau (Notodonta dromedarius).
- 6Faute de français.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cahmeau,cchameau,chaemau,chamaeu,chameua,chammeau,chhameau,chmaeau,hcameau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chameau - 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.
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.
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Using “chameau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-M-E-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃa.mo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Comeau” - see the side-by-side comparison. chameau vs Comeau
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.