sambal
"sambal" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sambal” is uncommon English (frequency #79,936 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,936
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hot relish made from chili peppers and other ingredients.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sambal · sambal · English
sambal · rank #79,936 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,936
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH samsonite
Nearest frequency peer: samsonite (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “sambal”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rudimental
rudimental
20,071 corpus weight
- Salafist
Salafist
20,067 corpus weight
- sambal
sambal
20,065 corpus weight
- samsonite
samsonite
20,064 corpus weight
- sango
sango
20,063 corpus weight
- Satomi
Satomi
20,059 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sambal” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sambal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sambal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sambal is uncommon English at frequency #79,936 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A hot relish made from chili peppers and other ingredients.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sambal, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed, either directly or via Afrikaans sambal, from Malay sambal, from Javanese ꦱꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀ (sambel). The correct English form is sambal, spelled S-A-M-B-A-L.
Definition
- 1A hot relish made from chili peppers and other ingredients.
Etymology
Borrowed, either directly or via Afrikaans sambal, from Malay sambal, from Javanese ꦱꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀ (sambel).
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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