# pallet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpælɪt/ · frequency rank #24,854

## Definitions
1. A bed of loose straw.
2. Any makeshift bedding place.
3. A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.

## Etymology
From Middle English paillet, from Anglo-Norman paillete (“bundle of straw”), from Old French paille (“straw, chaff”), from Latin palea (“chaff”).

## Easily confused with
- **Palme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pallet-vs-palme)
- **pulled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pallet-vs-pulled)
- **Palmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pallet-vs-palmer)
- **pollen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pallet-vs-pollen)
- **polled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pallet-vs-polled)
- **pellet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pallet-vs-pellet)
- **pulley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pallet-vs-pulley)
- **piglet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pallet-vs-piglet)
- **puller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pallet-vs-puller)
- **parley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pallet-vs-parley)
- **pale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pale-vs-pallet)
- **pall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pall-vs-pallet)
- **pales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pales-vs-pallet)
- **Paget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paget-vs-pallet)
- **packet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packet-vs-pallet)
- **Pallas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pallas-vs-pallet)
- **palette** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palette-vs-pallet)

## Common misspellings (7)
`apllet`, `palelt`, `palet`, `pallett`, `pallte`, `plalet`, `ppallet`

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