Sara
"sara" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sara” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,605. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,605
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sara · Sara · English
Sara · rank #7,605 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,605
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH revelation
Nearest frequency peer: revelation (-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 “Sara”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- reconstruct…
reconstruction
92,399 corpus weight
- renowned
renowned
92,398 corpus weight
- revelation
revelation
92,397 corpus weight
- Sara
Sara
92,396 corpus weight
- scholar
scholar
92,395 corpus weight
- shoots
shoots
92,393 corpus weight
What this shows “Sara” 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 | Sara |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Sara”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Sara, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,605 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sara, with forms such as "asra", "saar", and "sarra". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "say", "saw", "sea", 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 Sara (“Sarah”). The correct English form is Sara, spelled S-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Through faith also Sara her selfe receiued strength to conceiue seede, and was deliuered of a child when she was past age, because she iudged him faithful who had promised.
Olive learnt that her young beauty's name, so far from being anything so fine as Maddalena, was plain Sarah — or Sara, as its owner took care to explain. Olive was rather disappointed - but she thought of Coleridge's ladye love; consoled herself, and tried to console the young lady, with repeating My pensive Sara! thy soft cheek reclined, &c. At which Mis…
Etymology
From Latin Sara (“Sarah”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asra
- saar
- sarra
- sraa
- ssara
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sara - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sara", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).