Samira
/sæˈmiːrə/
"samira" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Samira” is uncommon English (frequency #53,221 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,221
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Persian mainly used by Persians.
Corpus desk
Index EN-samira · Samira · English
Samira · rank #53,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,221
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sakai
Nearest frequency peer: Sakai (-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 “Samira”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- riba
riba
46,785 corpus weight
- rime
rime
46,784 corpus weight
- rotisserie
rotisserie
46,783 corpus weight
- Sakai
Sakai
46,781 corpus weight
- Samira
Samira
46,780 corpus weight
- sanded
sanded
46,779 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Samira” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Samira |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /sæˈmiːrə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Samira” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Samira is uncommon English at frequency #53,221 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /sæˈmiːrə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Persian mainly used by Persians.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Samira, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Persian سمیرا. The correct English form is Samira, spelled S-A-M-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Persian mainly used by Persians.
Etymology
From Persian سمیرا.
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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