# Sami vs sham

> 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.

### sham
*adjective · IPA /ʃæm/ · frequency rank #16,126*
Intended to deceive; false.

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