palo
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The verdict
“palo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,939. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,939
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pfahl, Pfosten, Mast
Corpus desk
Index DE-palo · palo · German
palo · rank #38,939 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,939
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH packet
Nearest frequency peer: packet (-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 „palo“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Osttirol
Osttirol
61,065 corpus weight
- ovalen
ovalen
61,064 corpus weight
- packet
packet
61,063 corpus weight
- palo
palo
61,062 corpus weight
- Parabel
Parabel
61,060 corpus weight
- payment
payment
61,059 corpus weight
What this shows „palo“ 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 | palo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #38,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „palo“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around palo (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,939 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pfahl, Pfosten, Mast".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for palo, with forms such as "aplo", "pallo", and "paol". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Po", "Pro", "Pol", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is palo, spelled P-A-L-O.
Definition
- 1Pfahl, Pfosten, Mast
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aplo
- pallo
- paol
- plao
- ppalo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of palo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "palo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).