Samara
[zaˈmaʁa]
The verdict
“Samara” is uncommon German (frequency #69,650 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,650
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt im Süden des europäischen Teils Russlands, die Hauptstadt der Oblast Samara
Corpus desk
Index DE-samara · Samara · German
Samara · rank #69,650 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,650
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sanctus
Nearest frequency peer: sanctus (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Samara“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- sachdienlic…
sachdienliche
30,356 corpus weight
- sachkundiger
sachkundiger
30,354 corpus weight
- Samara
Samara
30,351 corpus weight
- sanctus
sanctus
30,350 corpus weight
- sandten
sandten
30,348 corpus weight
- Sardellen
Sardellen
30,345 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Samara“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Samara |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [zaˈmaʁa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Samara“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Samara is uncommon German at frequency #69,650 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [zaˈmaʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt im Süden des europäischen Teils Russlands, die Hauptstadt der Oblast Samara".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Samara, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 German form is Samara, spelled S-A-M-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt im Süden des europäischen Teils Russlands, die Hauptstadt der Oblast Samara
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Samara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Samara liegt am hochgelegenen linken Wolgaufer der „Samarer Krümmung“ zwischen den Mündungen der Flüsse Samara und Sok.
Synonyms
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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