# Palau

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /pəˈlaʊ/ · frequency rank #42,807

## Definitions
1. A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau. Capital: Ngerulmud.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Palauan Belau (“Palau”), traditionally derived from aidebelau (“indirect replies”) in reference to the island's creation story, or from beluu (“village”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory”).

## Easily confused with
- **PLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-pla)
- **pau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-pau)
- **play** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-play)
- **plan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-plan)
- **palm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-palm)
- **pale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-pale)
- **papa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-papa)
- **plat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-plat)
- **pall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-pall)
- **Pali** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-pali)
- **polar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-polar)
- **Paula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-paula)
- **Palms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-palms)
- **papal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-papal)
- **palsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-palsy)
- **palma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-palma)
- **pilar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-pilar)
- **pales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-pales)
- **Paola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-paola)
- **Paras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palau-vs-paras)

## Common misspellings (5)
`aplau`, `paalu`, `pallau`, `plaau`, `ppalau`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/palau