# Sampa vs simba

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sampa
*noun · frequency rank #22,453*
apelido para a cidade de São Paulo, Brasil

### simba
*noun · IPA /simbɑ/ · frequency rank #34,041*
leão

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sampa-vs-simba