palace
/ˈpæl.ɪs/
"palace" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“palace” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #3,320 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,320
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
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 | palace |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpæl.ɪs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “palace” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for palace is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpæl.ɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,320 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for palace, with forms such as "aplace", "paalce", and "palacce". 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, "pale", "place", "peace", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English paleys, from Old French palais, which comes from Latin palātium, from Palātium, in reference to the Palatine (Palatine Hill), one of the seven hills of Rome, where the aristocracy of the Roman Republic—and later, Roman emperors—built lar… The correct English form is palace, spelled P-A-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
- 2A large and lavishly ornate residence.
- 3A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
Etymology
From Middle English paleys, from Old French palais, which comes from Latin palātium, from Palātium, in reference to the Palatine (Palatine Hill), one of the seven hills of Rome, where the aristocracy of the Roman Republic—and later, Roman emperors—built large, splendid residences. The name is ultimately either from Etruscan, the same source as Pales (“Pales, the Italic goddess of shepherds, flocks and livestock”), or Latin palus (“stake; enclosure”). Doublet of palazzo and Pfalz.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aplace,paalce,palacce,palaec,palcae,pallace,plaace,ppalace
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of palace - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “palace”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-L-A-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpæl.ɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pale” - see the side-by-side comparison. palace vs pale
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English 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.