Sampa

noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,453

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Sampa is aPortuguesenoun. It means: apelido para a cidade de São Paulo, Brasil Often confused with sap and sopa.

Key facts for Sampa
PropertyValue
HeadwordSampa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,453
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Sampa in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for Sampa is 5 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #22,453 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "apelido para a cidade de São Paulo, Brasil".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sampa, with forms such as "asmpa", "samap", and "sammpa". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sap", "sopa", "soma", 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is Sampa, spelled S-A-M-P-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    apelido para a cidade de São Paulo, Brasil

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asmpa,samap,sammpa,samppa,sapma,smapa,ssampa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Sampa

Misspelling Variants of "Sampa"

asmpa5samap5sammpa6samppa6sapma5smapa5ssampa6
Misspelling Variants of "Sampa"

Frequency rank: #22,453 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sampa"?
"Sampa" is spelled S-A-M-P-A.
What does "Sampa" mean?
As a noun, "Sampa" means: apelido para a cidade de São Paulo, Brasil
What words are commonly confused with "Sampa"?
"Sampa" is commonly confused with "sap", "sopa", "soma". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Sampa" come from?
"Sampa" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.