Samantha

/\sa.mɑ̃.ta\/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,472

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Samantha is aFrenchname. It means: Prénom féminin importé des pays anglo-saxons. Pronounced \sa.mɑ̃.ta\.

Key facts for Samantha
PropertyValue
HeadwordSamantha
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\sa.mɑ̃.ta\
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,472
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Samantha in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Samantha is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sa.mɑ̃.ta\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,472 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom féminin importé des pays anglo-saxons.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Samantha, with forms such as "asmantha", "saamntha", and "samanhta". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 French form is Samantha, spelled S-A-M-A-N-T-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin importé des pays anglo-saxons.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asmantha,saamntha,samanhta,samanntha,samantah,samanthha,samanttha,samatnha,sammantha,samnatha,smaantha,ssamantha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Samantha

Misspelling Variants of "Samantha"

asmantha8saamntha8samanhta8samanntha9samantah8samanthha9samanttha9samatnha8
Misspelling Variants of "Samantha"

Frequency rank: #13,472 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Samantha"?
"Samantha" is spelled S-A-M-A-N-T-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.mɑ̃.ta\.
What does "Samantha" mean?
As a name, "Samantha" means: Prénom féminin importé des pays anglo-saxons.
What are common misspellings of "Samantha"?
Common misspellings include "asmantha", "saamntha", "samanhta", "samanntha", "samantah". The correct spelling is "Samantha".
How do you pronounce "Samantha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Samantha" is \sa.mɑ̃.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Samantha" come from?
"Samantha" is a French 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.