Sakamoto
The verdict
“Sakamoto” is uncommon French (frequency #65,501 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,501
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sakamoto · Sakamoto · French
Sakamoto · rank #65,501 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,501
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 394,209
- PHOTO-FINISH saisissants
Nearest frequency peer: saisissants (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Sakamoto”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sabrer
sabrer
34,502 corpus weight
- saisissants
saisissants
34,501 corpus weight
- Sakamoto
Sakamoto
34,500 corpus weight
- Salers
Salers
34,499 corpus weight
- salop
salop
34,498 corpus weight
- sane
sane
34,497 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Sakamoto” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sakamoto |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sakamoto” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sakamoto is uncommon French at frequency #65,501 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Sakamoto in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Sakamoto, spelled S-A-K-A-M-O-T-O.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sakamoto", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.