samu

\sa.my\

/\sa.my\/ noun

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The verdict

“samu” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,564. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,564
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Service d'aide médicale urgente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-samu · samu · French

samu · rank #20,564 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,564
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sabots

Nearest frequency peer: sabots (-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 « samu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « samu » 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).

samu vs su
50% similar
samu vs SM
0% similar
samu vs san
50% similar

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

Key facts for samu
PropertyValue
Headwordsamu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.my\
Letters4
Frequency rank#20,564
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « samu »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).samuse 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 « sabots » (#20,563), « sautent » (#20,565), « révélés » (#20,562). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « samu » est au #20,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around samu (IPA \sa.my\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,564 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Service d'aide médicale urgente.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for samu, with forms such as "asmu", "sammu", and "saum". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "su", "SM", "san", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is samu, spelled S-A-M-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Service d'aide médicale urgente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En province, les samus sociaux sont généralement les émanations des délégations locales de la Croix-Rouge.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asmu
  • sammu
  • saum
  • smau
  • ssamu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of samu - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

asmu2sammu1saum2smau2ssamu1
Edit distance from "samu"

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 "samu"?
"samu" is spelled S-A-M-U. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.my\.
What does "samu" mean?
As a noun, "samu" means: Service d'aide médicale urgente.
What words are commonly confused with "samu"?
"samu" is commonly confused with "su", "SM", "san". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "samu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "samu" is \sa.my\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "samu" come from?
"samu" 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 "samu", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

skin#20,576turn#20,594vega#20,599yens#20,609

Similar misspelling depth

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

amos5 variantsmage5 variantsGaël5 variantsCarrie5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list