Which to use
“palm” and “Psalm” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,649
- “palm” frequency rank
- #19,352
- “Psalm” frequency rank
- 38001
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | palm | Psalm |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | innere Fläche der Hand, zwischen Handwurzel und Fingern; Mittelhand, Handfläche | Gebet/Lied aus dem Buch der Psalmen, dem Psalter |
Where the eye mixes palm and Psalm
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. palm runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Psalm's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between palm and Psalm
A purely visual mix-up. palm ([pɑːm]) and Psalm ([psalm]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38001, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
palm is recorded at frequency rank #18,649, classified as anoun, pronounced [pɑːm]. Psalm is at rank #19,352, tagged as anoun, pronounced [psalm].
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 38001, this pair ranks #1,575,478 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of palm vs Psalm
Shared letters: almp. Private to "palm": -. Private to "Psalm": s.
"palm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Psalm" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "palm" for "Psalm" ever safe?
Frequency check: "palm" vs "Psalm" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "palm" and "Psalm" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "palm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Psalm" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,575,478 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "palm" and "Psalm" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "palm vs Pau". 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 #1,575,478 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.