samar

adv

The verdict

“samar” is uncommon French (frequency #54,244 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,244
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Assez, plutôt (qualifie un adjectif ou adverbe).

Key facts for samar
PropertyValue
Headwordsamar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,244
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “samar” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). samar lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

samar is uncommon French at frequency #54,244 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Assez, plutôt (qualifie un adjectif ou adverbe).".

No generated misspelling entries exist for samar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is samar, spelled S-A-M-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Assez, plutôt (qualifie un adjectif ou adverbe).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "samar"?
"samar" is spelled S-A-M-A-R.
What does "samar" mean?
As an adverb, "samar" means: Assez, plutôt (qualifie un adjectif ou adverbe).
What language does "samar" come from?
"samar" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “samar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-A-M-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list