Samoa

\sa.mo.a\

/\sa.mo.a\/ name

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The verdict

“Samoa” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,149. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,149
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Archipel du Pacifique Sud, environ aux trois cinquièmes de la distance entre Hawaï et la Nouvelle-Zélande, au sud des îles de la Ligne (Kiribati).

Corpus desk

Index FR-samoa · Samoa · French

Samoa · rank #36,149 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,149
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH salis

Nearest frequency peer: salis (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Samoa »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Samoa » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Samoa vs são
20% similar
Samoa vs sara
40% similar
Samoa vs samu
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Samoa
PropertyValue
HeadwordSamoa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sa.mo.a\
Letters5
Frequency rank#36,149
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Samoa »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Samoase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « salis » (#36,148), « Santini » (#36,150), « rétrospectivement » (#36,147). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Samoa » est au #36,149. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Samoa (IPA \sa.mo.a\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,149 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Archipel du Pacifique Sud, environ aux trois cinquièmes de la distance entre Hawaï et la Nouvelle-Zélande, au sud des îles de la Ligne (Kiribati).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Samoa, with forms such as "asmoa", "samao", and "sammoa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "são", "sara", "samu", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Samoa, spelled S-A-M-O-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Archipel du Pacifique Sud, environ aux trois cinquièmes de la distance entre Hawaï et la Nouvelle-Zélande, au sud des îles de la Ligne (Kiribati).

Synonyms

archipel des Navigateursîles Samoa

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asmoa
  • samao
  • sammoa
  • saoma
  • smaoa
  • ssamoa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Samoa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

asmoa2samao2sammoa1saoma2smaoa2ssamoa1
Edit distance from "Samoa"

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 "Samoa"?
"Samoa" is spelled S-A-M-O-A. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.mo.a\.
What does "Samoa" mean?
As a proper noun, "Samoa" means: Archipel du Pacifique Sud, environ aux trois cinquièmes de la distance entre Hawaï et la Nouvelle-Zélande, au sud des îles de la Ligne (Kiribati).
What words are commonly confused with "Samoa"?
"Samoa" is commonly confused with "são", "sara", "samu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Samoa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Samoa" is \sa.mo.a\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Samoa" come from?
"Samoa" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Samoa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

salis#36,148shame#36,158spire#36,164ramer#36,123

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

send6 variantsReggie6 variantsswap6 variantsnitro6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list