Zamora
[saˈmoɾa]
The verdict
“Zamora” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,850 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #6,850
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad de España ubicada en la provincia homónima.
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 | Zamora |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [saˈmoɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zamora” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Zamora is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [saˈmoɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,850 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zamora, with forms such as "azmora", "zammora", and "zamoar". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Zara", "zamorano", "zafra", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Zamora, spelled Z-A-M-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1Ciudad de España ubicada en la provincia homónima.
- 2Provincia del noroeste de España
- 3Ciudad de Ecuador, capital de la provincia de Zamora Chinchipe
- 4Río ubicado al sureste de Ecuador, afluente del río Santiago
- 5Municipio de Venezuela ubicado en el estado Aragua
- 6Municipio de Venezuela ubicado en el estado Falcón
- 7Municipio de Venezuela ubicado en el estado Miranda
- 8Apellido
- 9Municipio de México ubicado en el estado de Michoacán
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 - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Zamora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Z-A-M-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [saˈmoɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Zara” - see the side-by-side comparison. Zamora vs Zara
- 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.