palmetto
noun
palmetto is spelled P-A-L-M-E-T-T-O: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, palmetto means “Any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of palmetto is palmettos or palmettoes.
How many letters and syllables are in palmetto?
| Letters | 8: P-A-L-M-E-T-T-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,703rd 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 palmetto?
Palmetto appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd 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).
How do you pronounce palmetto?
Palmetto has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-palmetto.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with palmetto?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as palmetto.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: metaplot.
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 palmetto
- palmettos plural
- palmettoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does palmetto mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens.
- 2
A hat made of palmetto leaves.
- 3
A native or resident of the US state of South Carolina.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Palmetto in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does palmetto come from?
From Spanish palmito, diminutive of palma (“palm tree”), from Latin palma. Doublet of palmite and palmito.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).