Palermo
[paˈlɛʁmo]
The verdict
“Palermo” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #24,864 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #24,864
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hauptstadt der italienischen Region Sizilien und der Provinz Palermo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Palermo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [paˈlɛʁmo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Palermo” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Palermo is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈlɛʁmo]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,864 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hauptstadt der italienischen Region Sizilien und der Provinz Palermo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Palermo, with forms such as "aplermo", "paelrmo", and "palemro". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Palermo, spelled P-A-L-E-R-M-O.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt der italienischen Region Sizilien und der Provinz Palermo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aplermo,paelrmo,palemro,palermmo,palerom,palerrmo,pallermo,palremo,plaermo,ppalermo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Palermo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Palermo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-L-E-R-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈlɛʁmo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.