sama

pron

The verdict

“sama” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #28,025) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#28,025
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - forma nominativo feminino singular do pronome sám

Corpus desk

Index PT-sama · sama · Portuguese

sama · rank #28,025 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,025
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sale

Nearest frequency peer: sale (-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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “sama”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “sama” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

sama vs sua
50% similar
sama vs são
25% similar
sama vs sem
50% similar

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

Key facts for sama
PropertyValue
Headwordsama
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,025
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “sama”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).samacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sale” (#28,024), “Sagitário” (#28,023), “safira” (#28,022). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sama” fica em #28,025. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for sama is neighbouring look-alikes ("sua", "são", …), not just typos; it is apronoun. Frequency #28,025 among 1,185 “S” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for sama, with forms such as "saam", "samma", and "smaa". 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, "sua", "são", "sem", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Portuguese form is sama, spelled S-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    forma nominativo feminino singular do pronome sám
  2. 2
    forma nominativo/acusativo neutro plural do pronome do pronome sám

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Byla doma sama.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • saam
  • samma
  • smaa
  • ssama

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

saam2samma1smaa2ssama1
Edit distance from "sama"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sama"?
"sama" is spelled S-A-M-A.
What does "sama" mean?
As a pronoun, "sama" means: forma nominativo feminino singular do pronome sám
What words are commonly confused with "sama"?
"sama" is commonly confused with "sua", "são", "sem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sama" come from?
"sama" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list