Sumatra

\sy.ma.tʁa\

/\sy.ma.tʁa\/ name

The verdict

“Sumatra” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,744
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grande île indonésienne située sur l’équateur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sumatra · Sumatra · French

Sumatra · rank #35,744 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,744
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stockée

Nearest frequency peer: stockée (-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 « Sumatra »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Sumatra » 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).

Sumatra vs sutra
57% similar
Sumatra vs Sinatra
71% similar

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

Key facts for Sumatra
PropertyValue
HeadwordSumatra
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sy.ma.tʁa\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,744
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Sumatra »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Sumatrase 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 « stockée » (#35,743), « suppléants » (#35,745), « Stiles » (#35,742). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Sumatra » est au #35,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Sumatra (IPA \sy.ma.tʁa\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,744 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Grande île indonésienne située sur l’équateur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sumatra, with forms such as "smuatra", "ssumatra", and "suamtra". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sutra", "Sinatra", 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 Sumatra, spelled S-U-M-A-T-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande île indonésienne située sur l’équateur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette scène, à la fois cocasse et glaçante, a été capturée par Yan Hidayat, dans l’ouest de Sumatra, en Indonésie.
  2. Comment parler des odyssées souvent anonymes de ces Chinois émigrés en Asie du Sud, de Java aux Philippines, tant ils furent nombreux et précoces ? Dès le début du XVᵉ siècle, la flotte de Zheng He en rencontre dans les îles de Java, de Sumatra et ailleurs.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • smuatra
  • ssumatra
  • suamtra
  • sumarta
  • sumatar
  • sumatrra
  • sumattra
  • summatra
  • sumtara
  • usmatra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sumatra - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

smuatra2ssumatra1suamtra2sumarta2sumatar2sumatrra1sumattra1summatra1
Edit distance from "Sumatra"

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 "Sumatra"?
"Sumatra" is spelled S-U-M-A-T-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.ma.tʁa\.
What does "Sumatra" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sumatra" means: Grande île indonésienne située sur l’équateur.
What words are commonly confused with "Sumatra"?
"Sumatra" is commonly confused with "sutra", "Sinatra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sumatra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sumatra" is \sy.ma.tʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sumatra" come from?
"Sumatra" 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 "Sumatra", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list