# samba vs Samoa

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### samba
*noun · IPA /ˈsɑmbə/ · frequency rank #23,093*
A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.

### Samoa
*name · IPA /səˈmoʊ.ə/ · frequency rank #17,474*
A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Samoa. Capital and largest city: Apia. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa.

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