# summa

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #36,357

## Definitions
1. A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially theology or philosophy.
2. A culmination or archetypal example.

## Etymology
From Latin summa.

## Easily confused with
- **sums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summa-vs-sums)
- **sumo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summa-vs-sumo)
- **sump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summa-vs-sump)
- **sura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summa-vs-sura)
- **supra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summa-vs-supra)
- **sutra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summa-vs-sutra)
- **Surya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summa-vs-surya)
- **summer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summa-vs-summer)
- **summit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summa-vs-summit)
- **summon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summa-vs-summon)
- **summary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summa-vs-summary)
- **sum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sum-vs-summa)
- **SMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sma-vs-summa)
- **soma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soma-vs-summa)
- **Suga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suga-vs-summa)
- **Sammy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sammy-vs-summa)
- **sigma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sigma-vs-summa)
- **Samoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samoa-vs-summa)
- **samba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samba-vs-summa)
- **Selma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selma-vs-summa)

## Common misspellings (5)
`smuma`, `ssumma`, `suma`, `sumam`, `usmma`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/summa