samouraï

\sa.mu.ʁaj\

/\sa.mu.ʁaj\/ noun

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The verdict

“samouraï” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,089. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,089
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans le Japon féodal, soldat de situation noble, vassal d’un daimyo et qui respecte le bushido.

Corpus desk

Index FR-samourai · samouraï · French

samouraï · rank #22,089 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,089
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sami

Nearest frequency peer: sami (-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 « samouraï »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « samouraï » 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).

samouraï vs saurai
63% similar
samouraï vs Samurai
63% similar
samouraï vs samouraïs
89% similar

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

Key facts for samouraï
PropertyValue
Headwordsamouraï
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.mu.ʁaj\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,089
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « samouraï »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.samouraïse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sami » (#22,088), « salutations » (#22,087), « seller » (#22,091). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « samouraï » est au #22,089. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around samouraï (IPA \sa.mu.ʁaj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,089 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dans le Japon féodal, soldat de situation noble, vassal d’un daimyo et qui respecte le bushido.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for samouraï, with forms such as "asmouraï", "sammouraï", and "samoruaï". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "saurai", "Samurai", "samouraïs", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is samouraï, spelled S-A-M-O-U-R-A-Ï.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dans le Japon féodal, soldat de situation noble, vassal d’un daimyo et qui respecte le bushido.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how samouraï appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mais le samouraï ne perd pas pour autant son statut d’homme au service des intérêts supérieurs de son suzerain.
  2. Le mot samouraï est dérivé d’un verbe qui veut dire « servir ». Le samouraï est d’abord un guerrier qui sert son seigneur. Jusqu’à la mort.

This word in other languages

samurai(English)samurái(Español)Samurai(Deutsch)samurai(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asmouraï
  • sammouraï
  • samoruaï
  • samouarï
  • samourraï
  • samourïa
  • samuoraï
  • saomuraï
  • smaouraï
  • ssamouraï

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of samouraï - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

asmouraï2sammouraï1samoruaï2samouarï2samourraï1samourïa2samuoraï2saomuraï2
Edit distance from "samouraï"

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 "samouraï"?
"samouraï" is spelled S-A-M-O-U-R-A-Ï. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.mu.ʁaj\.
What does "samouraï" mean?
As a noun, "samouraï" means: Dans le Japon féodal, soldat de situation noble, vassal d’un daimyo et qui respecte le bushido.
What words are commonly confused with "samouraï"?
"samouraï" is commonly confused with "saurai", "Samurai", "samouraïs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "samouraï"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "samouraï" is \sa.mu.ʁaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "samouraï" come from?
"samouraï" 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 "samouraï", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rwandais#22,081sociable#22,099robustes#22,076repérage#22,072

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

taureaux10 variantsratifié10 variantsterriens10 variantsramenez10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list