palmar
"palmar" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“palmar” is an uncommon English word, ranked #71,772 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #71,772
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palmar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “palmar” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for palmar is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #71,772 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for palmar in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin palmāris. By surface analysis, palm + ar. The correct English form is palmar, spelled P-A-L-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.
- 2In the direction of the palm.
- 3Of or relating to the underside of the wings of birds.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin palmāris. By surface analysis, palm + ar.
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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 “palmar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-L-M-A-R - 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.