# Samoa

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /səˈmoʊ.ə/ · frequency rank #17,474

## Definitions
1. A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Samoa. Capital and largest city: Apia. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa.
2. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Samoan Sāmoa. See there for more.

## Easily confused with
- **Sao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-sao)
- **SMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-sma)
- **SoA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-soa)
- **Sara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-sara)
- **soma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-soma)
- **SATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-sata)
- **sumo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-sumo)
- **smog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-smog)
- **Sato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-sato)
- **saya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-saya)
- **Santa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-santa)
- **Simon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-simon)
- **Sasha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-sasha)
- **Saxon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-saxon)
- **sauna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-sauna)
- **Savoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-savoy)
- **savor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-savor)
- **summa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-summa)
- **Satya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-satya)
- **Sanaa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-sanaa)

## Common misspellings (6)
`asmoa`, `samao`, `sammoa`, `saoma`, `smaoa`, `ssamoa`

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