samouraïs
\sa.mu.ʁaj\
The verdict
“samouraïs” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,302. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,302
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de samouraï.
Corpus desk
Index FR-samourais · samouraïs · French
samouraïs · rank #34,302 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,302
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH rétractation
Nearest frequency peer: rétractation (-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 « samouraïs »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- répertoriées
répertoriées
65,702 corpus weight
- rétractation
rétractation
65,700 corpus weight
- samouraïs
samouraïs
65,699 corpus weight
- sanguines
sanguines
65,698 corpus weight
- sardine
sardine
65,697 corpus weight
- Sardou
Sardou
65,696 corpus weight
What this shows « samouraïs » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | samouraïs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.mu.ʁaj\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #34,302 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « samouraïs »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around samouraïs (IPA \sa.mu.ʁaj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,302 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de samouraï.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for samouraïs, with forms such as "asmouraïs", "sammouraïs", and "samoruaïs". 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, "saurais", "Samurai", "samouraï", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is samouraïs, spelled S-A-M-O-U-R-A-Ï-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de samouraï.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how samouraïs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À Seki, une petite ville du centre du Japon autrefois réputée pour ses sabres de samouraïs, des artisans affûtent et polissent des couteaux de cuisine à tour de bras.
Ainsi, tandis que les samouraïs jouissaient de privilèges, leurs diktats sévères régissaient chaque aspect intime de la société, imposant des privations aux paysans et aux parias.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asmouraïs
- sammouraïs
- samoruaïs
- samouarïs
- samourasï
- samouraïss
- samourraïs
- samourïas
- samuoraïs
- saomuraïs
- smaouraïs
- ssamouraïs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of samouraïs - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).