palmas

noun

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"palmas" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“palmas” is uncommon English (frequency #55,628 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,628
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clapping of the hands.

Corpus desk

Index EN-palmas · palmas · English

palmas · rank #55,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,628
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH overconfident

Nearest frequency peer: overconfident (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “palmas”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “palmas” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for palmas
PropertyValue
Headwordpalmas
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,628
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “palmas” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).palmasfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “overconfident” (#55,627), “outgrew” (#55,626), “paralleling” (#55,630). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “palmas” is #55,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

palmas is uncommon English at frequency #55,628 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clapping of the hands.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for palmas, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is palmas, spelled P-A-L-M-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Clapping of the hands.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how palmas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] she performed in an ensemble that included one uncle (José Carbonell) on guitar, and another (Antonio Carbonell) accompanying her with palmas, or handclapping.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "palmas"?
"palmas" is spelled P-A-L-M-A-S.
What does "palmas" mean?
As a noun, "palmas" means: Clapping of the hands.
What language does "palmas" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "palmas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Murata#55,607mopped#55,602Miyuki#55,598pupper#55,668

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list