Samsung
/ˈsæm.sʌŋ/noun
Samsung is spelled S-A-M-S-U-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Samsung means “A consumer electronic device manufactured by the South Korean conglomerate company Samsung” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Samsung is Samsungs.
How many letters and syllables are in Samsung?
| Letters | 7: S-A-M-S-U-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,878th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is Samsung?
Samsung appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,878th 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 Samsung?
- /ˈsæm.sʌŋ/
Samsung has 2 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: En-us-Samsung.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Samsung
- Samsungs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Samsung mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A consumer electronic device manufactured by the South Korean conglomerate company Samsung.
He told his friend that the game wasnt available on Samsung phones.
- 2
A phone manufactured by Samsung.
- 3
An Android smartphone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Samsung come from?
Borrowed from Korean 삼성(三星) (Samseong), literally tristar or three stars, combined to represent powerful eternity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).