Samson

name

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The verdict

“Samson” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,008. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,008
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-samson · Samson · French

Samson · rank #16,008 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,008
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH salir

Nearest frequency peer: salir (-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 « Samson »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Samson » 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).

Samson vs Simon
67% similar
Samson vs savon
50% similar
Samson vs saxon
50% similar

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

Key facts for Samson
PropertyValue
HeadwordSamson
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,008
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Samson »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Samsonse 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 « salir » (#16,007), « sauvés » (#16,009), « sainteté » (#16,006). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Samson » est au #16,008. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Samson, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,008 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Samson, with forms such as "asmson", "sammson", and "samosn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Simon", "savon", "saxon", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Samson, spelled S-A-M-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Certaines actrices semblent être nées pour le cinéma. C’est le cas de Zelda Samson, héroïne de Dalva.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asmson
  • sammson
  • samosn
  • samsno
  • samsonn
  • samsson
  • sasmon
  • smason
  • ssamson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Samson - 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.

asmson2sammson1samosn2samsno2samsonn1samsson1sasmon2smason2
Edit distance from "Samson"

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 "Samson"?
"Samson" is spelled S-A-M-S-O-N.
What does "Samson" mean?
As a proper noun, "Samson" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Samson"?
"Samson" is commonly confused with "Simon", "savon", "saxon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Samson" come from?
"Samson" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sauvés#16,009répand#16,004serbes#16,012rénové#16,003

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Sylvia9 variantsquittera9 variantsquartz9 variantsprisme9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list