Samuel
\sa.mɥɛl\
The verdict
“Samuel” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,238
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-samuel · Samuel · French
Samuel · rank #6,238 · 8 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,238
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH serment
Nearest frequency peer: serment (+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 « Samuel »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- sachez
sachez
93,766 corpus weight
- salade
salade
93,765 corpus weight
- Samuel
Samuel
93,763 corpus weight
- serment
serment
93,762 corpus weight
- serons
serons
93,761 corpus weight
- sexuels
sexuels
93,760 corpus weight
What this shows « Samuel » 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 | Samuel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \sa.mɥɛl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Samuel »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Samuel (IPA \sa.mɥɛl\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #6,238 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Samuel, with forms such as "asmuel", "sameul", and "sammuel". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "saul", "saoul", "sexuel", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Samuel, spelled S-A-M-U-E-L.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Samuel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les gérants de l’ancien parc saint-georgeais, Samuel Lesueur et Yann Cosson sont déjà plongés dans une bataille judiciaire avec la Ville de Saint-Georges-de-Didonne qui a décidé de se séparer d’eux.
Pau, Camille, Juliette, Tiphaine, Laura et Samuel, tous proches de la trentaine, ont choisi de fonder une éco-location, dans le 12ᵉ arrondissement.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asmuel
- sameul
- sammuel
- samuell
- samule
- saumel
- smauel
- ssamuel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Samuel - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).