Palisades
"palisades" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Palisades” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,138. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,138
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A line of steep cliffs along the western bank of the Hudson River in New Jersey.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Palisades |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #37,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Palisades” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Palisades, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,138 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Palisades, with forms such as "aplisades", "pailsades", and "paliasdes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Palisades, spelled P-A-L-I-S-A-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1A line of steep cliffs along the western bank of the Hudson River in New Jersey.
- 2A group of peaks in the central part of the Sierra Nevada, California.
- 3A mountain range of Napa County, California.
- 4Ellipsis of Pacific Palisades: a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aplisades
- pailsades
- paliasdes
- palisaddes
- palisadess
- palisadse
- palisaeds
- palisdaes
- palissades
- pallisades
- palsiades
- plaisades
- ppalisades
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Palisades - 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 “Palisades”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-L-I-S-A-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.