# Sami vs som

> 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.

### som
*noun · frequency rank #22,819*
The currency of Kyrgyzstan. Symbol: ⃀.

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