samosa
/səˈmoʊsə/noun
samosa is spelled S-A-M-O-S-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, samosa means “A South Asian snack consisting of a deep-fried triangular turnover filled with vegetables (especially potatoes) or meat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of samosa is samosas or samose.
How many letters and syllables are in samosa?
| Letters | 6: S-A-M-O-S-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 81,375th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is samosa?
Samosa appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce samosa?
- US /səˈmoʊsə/
Samosa has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-samosa.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with samosa?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as samosa from its last stressed vowel (/oʊsə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of samosa
- samosas plural
- samose plural
- somosa
- samoosa
- samuza
- somasi
- somaas
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does samosa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A South Asian snack consisting of a deep-fried triangular turnover filled with vegetables (especially potatoes) or meat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Samosa in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense South Asian snack:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does samosa come from?
Borrowed from Hindustani سموسہ (samosa) / समोसा (samosā), from Classical Persian سنبوسه (sanbōsa), from Middle Persian *sambōsag. Doublet of sambusa, sambusak, sambuseh, sambuusa, and samsa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).