Palau
[ˈpaːlaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Palau” is uncommon German (frequency #85,670 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,670
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inselstaat im Pazifischen Ozean
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Palau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaːlaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Palau” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Palau is uncommon German at frequency #85,670 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈpaːlaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inselstaat im Pazifischen Ozean".
Palau doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Palau, spelled P-A-L-A-U.
Definition
- 1Inselstaat im Pazifischen Ozean
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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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Palau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-L-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.