palazzo
/pəˈlæt͡səʊ/
"palazzo" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“palazzo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,410. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,410
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A large, palatial urban building in Italy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palazzo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pəˈlæt͡səʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,410 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “palazzo” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around palazzo (IPA /pəˈlæt͡səʊ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,410 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A large, palatial urban building in Italy.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for palazzo, with forms such as "aplazzo", "paalzzo", and "palazo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian palazzo, from Latin palātium (“palace, large residence”), from Palātium (“Palatine”), one of the seven hills of Rome, where aristocrats built large homes. Doublet of palace and Pfalz. The correct English form is palazzo, spelled P-A-L-A-Z-Z-O.
Definition
- 1A large, palatial urban building in Italy.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian palazzo, from Latin palātium (“palace, large residence”), from Palātium (“Palatine”), one of the seven hills of Rome, where aristocrats built large homes. Doublet of palace and Pfalz.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aplazzo
- paalzzo
- palazo
- palazoz
- pallazzo
- palzazo
- plaazzo
- ppalazzo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of palazzo - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “palazzo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-L-A-Z-Z-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pəˈlæt͡səʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.