# Sami vs says

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sami
*noun · IPA /ˈsɑːmi/ · frequency rank #18,686*
A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.

### says
*verb · IPA /sɛz/ · frequency rank #310*
third-person singular simple present indicative of say

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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