# palma

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #31,284

## Definitions
1. Alternative form of palmo, traditional Portuguese and Spanish units of length.

## Etymology
From Portuguese and Spanish palma. Doublet of palm, palmo, and pam.

## Easily confused with
- **pam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-pam)
- **PLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-pla)
- **plea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-plea)
- **papa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-papa)
- **puma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-puma)
- **Pima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-pima)
- **pasta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-pasta)
- **Paula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-paula)
- **panda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-panda)
- **psalm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-psalm)
- **Palms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-palms)
- **Papua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-papua)
- **prima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-prima)
- **palsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-palsy)
- **polka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-polka)
- **pasha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-pasha)
- **parma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-parma)
- **Patna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-patna)
- **parka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-parka)
- **Paola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palma-vs-paola)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aplma`, `palam`, `pallma`, `palmma`, `pamla`, `plama`, `ppalma`

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