samosa
[saˈmosa]
The verdict
“samosa” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Empanadilla frita u horneada con relleno salado, tales como patatas condimentadas, cebollas, guisantes, carne, o lentejas. Puede tomar diferentes formas, incluidas formas triangulares, cónicas o de...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | samosa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [saˈmosa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “samosa” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
samosa is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [saˈmosa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Empanadilla frita u horneada con relleno salado, tales como patatas condimentadas, cebollas, guisantes, carne, o lentejas. Puede tomar diferentes formas, incluidas formas triangulares, cónicas o de...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for samosa in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is samosa, spelled S-A-M-O-S-A.
Definition
- 1Empanadilla frita u horneada con relleno salado, tales como patatas condimentadas, cebollas, guisantes, carne, o lentejas. Puede tomar diferentes formas, incluidas formas triangulares, cónicas o de media luna, según la región.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “samosa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-M-O-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [saˈmosa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.