palmate
/ˈpɑmeit/
"palmate" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“palmate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.
Corpus desk
Index EN-palmate · palmate · English
palmate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palmate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɑmeit/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “palmate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
palmate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈpɑmeit/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
palmate has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin palmātus (“hand-shaped, palm-leaf shaped”), from palma (“palm, palm-tree”). Equivalent to palm + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French palmé. The correct English form is palmate, spelled P-A-L-M-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.
- 2Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.
- 3Having webbed appendage; palmated.
- 4Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how palmate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Although palmate leaves are typical of most Western maples, a number of species have leaves without lobes.
The horse chestnut, buckeye and hickory trees have palmate leaves. That is, the broad oval leaflets are all set around the tip of a common leaf stem, spreading in a circle, like the ribs of a palm leaf fan.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin palmātus (“hand-shaped, palm-leaf shaped”), from palma (“palm, palm-tree”). Equivalent to palm + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French palmé.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.