Palette
[paˈlɛtə]
The verdict
“Palette” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,378. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,378
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Brett zum Mischen von Malfarben
Corpus desk
Index DE-palette · Palette · German
Palette · rank #14,378 · 8 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,378
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH OT
Nearest frequency peer: OT (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Palette“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Obdachlose
Obdachlose
85,626 corpus weight
- Ordens
Ordens
85,625 corpus weight
- OT
OT
85,624 corpus weight
- Palette
Palette
85,623 corpus weight
- Palästinens…
Palästinenser
85,622 corpus weight
- paprika
paprika
85,621 corpus weight
What this shows „Palette“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Palette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈlɛtə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Palette“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Palette (IPA [paˈlɛtə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,378 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Palette, with forms such as "aplette", "paeltte", and "palete". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Platte", "Pleite", "pflegte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Palette, spelled P-A-L-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1ein Brett zum Mischen von Malfarben
- 2Vielfalt meist hinsichtlich der Auswahlmöglichkeiten
- 3ein meist flach gehaltenes, als zeitweilige Ablage, Unterbau oder Unterlage verwendetes Transportmittel und Hilfsmittel bei der Lagerung im Handel, der Logistik oder in Produktionsprozessen
- 4eine feste oder frei definierbare Zusammenstellung von Farben in der digitalen Bildverarbeitung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Palette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Palette eines Malers reinigen zu wollen ist zwar gut gemeint, aber völliger Frevel.
„Die Palette dient als Unterlage; der Schreiber taucht einen kleinen Pinsel in den Becher mit Wasser und rührt damit die Tintenpaste an; dann taucht er ein Schreibrohr in die flüssige Tinte und schreibt.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aplette
- paeltte
- palete
- paletet
- pallette
- paltete
- plaette
- ppalette
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Palette - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Palette", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).