SamsonvsseasonWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Samson is a name, season is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Samson” is a name and “season” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,008
“Samson” frequency rank
#27,622
“season” frequency rank
43630
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Samson season
Definition Nom de famille. Saison.

Letter map: Samson vs season

Shared letters muted; letters that set Samson and season apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Samson (CVCCVC) and season (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
Samson
6 ch
season

Role in the sentence - Samson and season

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Samson is aname and seasonanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43630, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Samson is recorded at frequency rank #16,008, classified as aname. season is at rank #27,622, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈsiːzən\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 43630, this pair ranks #216,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Samson vs season

Shared letters: anos. Private to "Samson": m. Private to "season": e.

"Samson" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "season" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Samson ← asmson · sammson · samosn · samsno · samsonn · samsson · sasmon · smason
  • season ← esason · saeson · seaosn · seasno · seasonn · seasson · sesaon · sseason

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Samson" and "season" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Samson" is a name and "season" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Samson" vs "season" - which ranks higher?
"Samson" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,008 in our French list, against #27,622 for "season". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Samson" and "season". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Samson" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "season" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #216,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Samson" and "season" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sablon vs Samson". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #216,593 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list