Samoa

noun

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The verdict

“Samoa” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #41,231. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,231
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Samoa

Corpus desk

Index PT-samoa · Samoa · Portuguese

Samoa · rank #41,231 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,231
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH simpatizante

Nearest frequency peer: simpatizante (+10 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “Samoa”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “Samoa” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

Samoa vs são
20% similar
Samoa vs soma
40% similar
Samoa vs suma
40% similar

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

Key facts for Samoa
PropertyValue
HeadwordSamoa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#41,231
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “Samoa”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).Samoacai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “simpatizante” (#41,241), “revertido” (#41,217), “reanimar” (#41,208). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “Samoa” fica em #41,231. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Samoa, anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,231 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Samoa".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Samoa, with forms such as "asmoa", "samao", and "sammoa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "são", "soma", "suma", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is Samoa, spelled S-A-M-O-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Samoa

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Stolicą Samoa jest Apia.
  2. Od 7 września 2009 roku na drogach Samoa obowiązuje ruch lewostronny.

Synonyms

Niezależne Państwo Samoa

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asmoa
  • samao
  • sammoa
  • saoma
  • smaoa
  • ssamoa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asmoa2samao2sammoa1saoma2smaoa2ssamoa1
Edit distance from "Samoa"

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 "Samoa"?
"Samoa" is spelled S-A-M-O-A.
What does "Samoa" mean?
As a noun, "Samoa" means: Samoa
What words are commonly confused with "Samoa"?
"Samoa" is commonly confused with "são", "soma", "suma". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Samoa" come from?
"Samoa" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ralar#41,206taxar#41,268trufa#41,284monja#41,132

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

pont6 variantstriz6 variantsneck6 variantsbloc6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list