# Palme

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,953

## Definitions
1. A surname from Swedish.
2. Olof Palme, Swedish Prime Minister.

## Etymology
From Middle High German palme, balme.

## Easily confused with
- **pam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-pam)
- **pole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-pole)
- **pile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-pile)
- **pave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-pave)
- **pane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-pane)
- **pate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-pate)
- **Pele** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-pele)
- **pare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-pare)
- **Pape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-pape)
- **prime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-prime)
- **pulse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-pulse)
- **pause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-pause)
- **paste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-paste)
- **Payne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-payne)
- **psalm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-psalm)
- **Palms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-palms)
- **palsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-palsy)
- **plume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-plume)
- **parma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-parma)
- **parse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palme-vs-parse)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aplme`, `palem`, `pallme`, `palmme`, `pamle`, `plame`, `ppalme`

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