# Samar vs Sara

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Samar
*name · IPA /ˈsa.mɐɾ/ · frequency rank #37,666*
An island of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines.

### Sara
*name · frequency rank #7,605*
A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samar-vs-sara