camelo

//kɐ.ˈme.lʊ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,216

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

camelo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: grande mamífero camelídeo quadrúpede ruminante do gênero Camelus, originário do Velho Mundo com uma ou duas corcovas Pronounced /kɐ.ˈme.lʊ/. Often confused with campo and cielo.

Key facts for camelo
PropertyValue
Headwordcamelo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.ˈme.lʊ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,216
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of camelo in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for camelo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.ˈme.lʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #17,216 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for camelo, with forms such as "acmelo", "caemlo", and "camello". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "campo", "cielo", "cavalo", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is camelo, spelled C-A-M-E-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    grande mamífero camelídeo quadrúpede ruminante do gênero Camelus, originário do Velho Mundo com uma ou duas corcovas
  2. 2
    a espécie Camelus bactrianus
  3. 3
    imbecil, boçal
  4. 4
    bicicleta
  5. 5
    no jogo do bicho, oitava sequência de dezenas, correspondente aos números 29, 30, 31 e 32

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acmelo,caemlo,camello,cameol,camleo,cammelo,ccamelo,cmaelo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for camelo

Misspelling Variants of "camelo"

acmelo6caemlo6camello7cameol6camleo6cammelo7ccamelo7cmaelo6
Misspelling Variants of "camelo"

Frequency rank: #17,216 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "camelo"?
"camelo" is spelled C-A-M-E-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.ˈme.lʊ/.
What does "camelo" mean?
As a noun, "camelo" means: grande mamífero camelídeo quadrúpede ruminante do gênero Camelus, originário do Velho Mundo com uma ou duas corcovas
What words are commonly confused with "camelo"?
"camelo" is commonly confused with "campo", "cielo", "cavalo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "camelo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "camelo" is /kɐ.ˈme.lʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "camelo" come from?
"camelo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.