Samuel
/ˈsæmjuːəl/
"samuel" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Samuel” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,261. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,261
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Hebrew.
Corpus desk
Index EN-samuel · Samuel · English
Samuel · rank #5,261 · 8 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,261
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH routes
Nearest frequency peer: routes (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Samuel”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- respective
respective
94,743 corpus weight
- restricted
restricted
94,742 corpus weight
- routes
routes
94,741 corpus weight
- Samuel
Samuel
94,740 corpus weight
- sandy
sandy
94,739 corpus weight
- scenario
scenario
94,738 corpus weight
What this shows “Samuel” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Samuel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsæmjuːəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Samuel”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Samuel (IPA /ˈsæmjuːəl/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,261 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Samuel, with forms such as "asmuel", "sameul", and "sammuel". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Saul", "Sauer", "sequel", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Samuēl, from Ancient Greek Σαμουήλ (Samouḗl), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל (šəmûʾēl, literally “'God has set' or 'God has placed'”). Taken to mean a contraction of popular folk etymology שְׁאִלְתִּיו מֵאֵל (“I have asked/borrowed him from God”)… The correct English form is Samuel, spelled S-A-M-U-E-L.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Hebrew.
- 2One of two books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
- 3The primary author and central character of the first book of Samuel.
- 4A surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Samuel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was quite unnecessary to call Samuel Weller; for Samuel Weller stepped briskly into the box the instant his name was pronounced; and placing his hat on the floor, and his arms on the rail, took a bird’s–eye view of the Bar, and a comprehensive survey of the Bench, with a remarkably cheerful and lively aspect. ‘What’s your name, sir?’ inquired the judge…
I went down the dark road between the hawthorn hedges puzzling over the why of like, repeating SAMUEL to myself and aloud and listening to the rolling wonder in its sound that had charmed her soul and led her life in tragic places. SAMUEL! There was a rolling wonder in the sound. Aye, there was!
Etymology
From Latin Samuēl, from Ancient Greek Σαμουήλ (Samouḗl), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל (šəmûʾēl, literally “'God has set' or 'God has placed'”). Taken to mean a contraction of popular folk etymology שְׁאִלְתִּיו מֵאֵל (“I have asked/borrowed him from God”) (Modern: Šəʾīltīv mēʾĒl, Tiberian: Šĭʾīltīw mēʾĒl) by way of שָׁאוּל מֵאֵל (“asked/borrowed from God”) from 1 Samuel 1:20.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asmuel
- sameul
- sammuel
- samuell
- samule
- saumel
- smauel
- ssamuel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Samuel - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
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