Zamora

/zəˈmɔɹə/

//zəˈmɔɹə// name

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"zamora" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Zamora” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,004. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,004
frequency rank, English
265
“Z” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city and municipality, the capital of the province of Zamora, Spain.

Corpus desk

Index EN-zamora · Zamora · English

Zamora · rank #43,004 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,004
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 265
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zahra

Nearest frequency peer: Zahra (-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 “Zamora”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Zamora” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Zamora vs Zara
67% similar
Zamora vs Zahra
67% similar
Zamora vs Zambia
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Zamora
PropertyValue
HeadwordZamora
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/zəˈmɔɹə/
Letters6
Frequency rank#43,004
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Zamora”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Zamoralands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Zahra” (#43,003), “yearling” (#43,002), “Zeiss” (#43,006). Among 265 “Z” headwords, “Zamora” is #43,004. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Zamora (IPA /zəˈmɔɹə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #43,004 among 265 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zamora, with forms such as "azmora", "zammora", and "zamoar". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Zara", "Zahra", "Zambia", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Zamora, spelled Z-A-M-O-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city and municipality, the capital of the province of Zamora, Spain.
  2. 2
    A province of Castile and León, Spain.
  3. 3
    A habitational surname from Spanish.
  4. 4
    Any other various place names in Spanish-speaking areas. See Wikipedia:Zamora

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • azmora
  • zammora
  • zamoar
  • zamorra
  • zamroa
  • zaomra
  • zmaora
  • zzamora

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zamora - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

azmora2zammora1zamoar2zamorra1zamroa2zaomra2zmaora2zzamora1
Edit distance from "Zamora"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zamora"?
"Zamora" is spelled Z-A-M-O-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /zəˈmɔɹə/.
What does "Zamora" mean?
As a proper noun, "Zamora" means: A city and municipality, the capital of the province of Zamora, Spain.
What words are commonly confused with "Zamora"?
"Zamora" is commonly confused with "Zara", "Zahra", "Zambia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Zamora"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zamora" is /zəˈmɔɹə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zamora" come from?
"Zamora" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zamora", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list