palmette
noun
palmette is spelled P-A-L-M-E-T-T-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, palmette means “A motif in decorative art resembling the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of palmette is palmettes.
How many letters and syllables are in palmette?
| Letters | 8: P-A-L-M-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is palmette?
Palmette appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with palmette?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as palmette.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: template.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of palmette
- palmettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does palmette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A motif in decorative art resembling the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does palmette come from?
From French palmette. By surface analysis, palm + -ette.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).