Sampaoli

name

The verdict

“Sampaoli” is uncommon French (frequency #86,154 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,154
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sampaoli · Sampaoli · French

Sampaoli · rank #86,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,154
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH salvi

Nearest frequency peer: salvi (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Sampaoli »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Sampaoli » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sampaoli
PropertyValue
HeadwordSampaoli
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,154
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Sampaoli » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Sampaolitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « salvi » (#86,153), « santon » (#86,156), « sabreur » (#86,150). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Sampaoli » est au #86,154. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sampaoli is uncommon French at frequency #86,154 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Sampaoli in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Sampaoli, spelled S-A-M-P-A-O-L-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Celui-ci a été écarté par la direction du Séville FC et remplacé par Jorge Sampaoli, qui a quitté l’Olympique de Marseille cet été, a annoncé le club dans un communiqué, jeudi.

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 "Sampaoli"?
"Sampaoli" is spelled S-A-M-P-A-O-L-I.
What does "Sampaoli" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sampaoli" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Sampaoli" come from?
"Sampaoli" 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 "Sampaoli", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list