Samos
/ˈseɪ.mɒs/
"samos" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Samos” is uncommon English (frequency #68,609 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,609
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An island belonging to the Sporades and a city on it, in the Aegean.
Corpus desk
Index EN-samos · Samos · English
Samos · rank #68,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,609
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH saleswoman
Nearest frequency peer: saleswoman (-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 “Samos”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ruminating
ruminating
31,397 corpus weight
- saleswoman
saleswoman
31,393 corpus weight
- Samos
Samos
31,392 corpus weight
- Sanna
Sanna
31,388 corpus weight
- sarai
sarai
31,387 corpus weight
- satiric
satiric
31,386 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Samos” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Samos |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈseɪ.mɒs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Samos” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Samos is uncommon English at frequency #68,609 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈseɪ.mɒs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Samos in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάμος (Sámos). The correct English form is Samos, spelled S-A-M-O-S.
Definition
- 1An island belonging to the Sporades and a city on it, in the Aegean.
- 2A modern Greek prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean that includes the island along with the islands of Icaria and Fourni.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάμος (Sámos).
This word in other languages
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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