Samaria
/səˈmɑːɹi.ə/
"samaria" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Samaria” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #45,069 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #45,069
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Former name of Sebastia: a city in the West Bank, Palestine; the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Samaria |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /səˈmɑːɹi.ə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #45,069 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Samaria” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Samaria is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /səˈmɑːɹi.ə/. Corpus data places it at rank #45,069 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Samaria, with forms such as "asmaria", "saamria", and "samaira". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "sharia", "Somalia", "Samaritan", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Samaria, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), partial calque of Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn). Attested in Akkadian as 𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾 (Sāmerīna). The correct English form is Samaria, spelled S-A-M-A-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1Former name of Sebastia: a city in the West Bank, Palestine; the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel.
- 2An ancient region of the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank.
- 3A locality in the Rural City of Benalla, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
Etymology
From Latin Samaria, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), partial calque of Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn). Attested in Akkadian as 𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾 (Sāmerīna).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asmaria,saamria,samaira,samarai,samarria,sammaria,samraia,smaaria,ssamaria
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Samaria - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Samaria”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-M-A-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /səˈmɑːɹi.ə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sharia” - see the side-by-side comparison. Samaria vs sharia
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.