samba
[ˈsãmba]
The verdict
“samba” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #23,585. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,585
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Género musical popular de origen brasileño y ascendencia africana, en ritmo de 2/4.
Corpus desk
Index ES-samba · samba · Spanish
samba · rank #23,585 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,585
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH Salem
Nearest frequency peer: Salem (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “samba”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- rogando
rogando
76,419 corpus weight
- sabré
sabré
76,418 corpus weight
- Salem
Salem
76,417 corpus weight
- samba
samba
76,416 corpus weight
- sancionada
sancionada
76,415 corpus weight
- secado
secado
76,414 corpus weight
What this shows “samba” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | samba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsãmba] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #23,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “samba”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around samba (IPA [ˈsãmba]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,585 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for samba, with forms such as "asmba", "sabma", and "samab". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "suma", "sara", "suba", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is samba, spelled S-A-M-B-A.
Definition
- 1Género musical popular de origen brasileño y ascendencia africana, en ritmo de 2/4.
- 2Estilo de baile que se danza al compás de la samba₁.
- 3En los parques de diversiones, juego que consiste en bailar samba alrededor de un tambor giratorio sin caerse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how samba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De nuevo volvió la ‘rumbera’, esta vez con una indumentaria diferente, e interpretó a su manera una samba brasilera.
Era una samba lo que estaban tocando.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asmba
- sabma
- samab
- sambba
- sammba
- samva
- smaba
- ssamba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of samba - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "samba", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).