Zamora

/[saˈmoɾa]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,850

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Zamora is aSpanishname. It means: Ciudad de España ubicada en la provincia homónima. Pronounced [saˈmoɾa]. It ranks #6,850 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Zara and zamorano.

Key facts for Zamora
PropertyValue
HeadwordZamora
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[saˈmoɾa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,850
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Zamora in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Zamora is 6 letters long, classified as aname, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Zamora, with forms such as "azmora", "zammora", and "zamoar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Zara", "zamorano", "zafra", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Zamora, spelled Z-A-M-O-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad de España ubicada en la provincia homónima.
  2. 2
    Provincia del noroeste de España
  3. 3
    Ciudad de Ecuador, capital de la provincia de Zamora Chinchipe
  4. 4
    Río ubicado al sureste de Ecuador, afluente del río Santiago
  5. 5
    Municipio de Venezuela ubicado en el estado Aragua
  6. 6
    Municipio de Venezuela ubicado en el estado Falcón
  7. 7
    Municipio de Venezuela ubicado en el estado Miranda
  8. 8
    Apellido
  9. 9
    Municipio de México ubicado en el estado de Michoacán

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: azmora,zammora,zamoar,zamorra,zamroa,zaomra,zmaora,zzamora

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Zamora

Misspelling Variants of "Zamora"

azmora6zammora7zamoar6zamorra7zamroa6zaomra6zmaora6zzamora7
Misspelling Variants of "Zamora"

Frequency rank: #6,850 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zamora"?
"Zamora" is spelled Z-A-M-O-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [saˈmoɾa].
What does "Zamora" mean?
As a name, "Zamora" means: Ciudad de España ubicada en la provincia homónima.
What words are commonly confused with "Zamora"?
"Zamora" is commonly confused with "Zara", "zamorano", "zafra". 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 [saˈmoɾa]. 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 Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.