# Palos

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,954

## Definitions
1. An impact crater on Mars, located on the southern margin of Amenthes Planum.

## Etymology
The name was approved in 2000, and refers to Palos de la Frontera, a town in Spain.

## Easily confused with
- **pos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-pos)
- **pas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-pas)
- **pao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-pao)
- **pass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-pass)
- **plus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-plus)
- **plot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-plot)
- **pays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-pays)
- **pros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-pros)
- **polo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-polo)
- **pans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-pans)
- **paws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-paws)
- **pats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-pats)
- **ploy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-ploy)
- **plow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-plow)
- **pars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-pars)
- **PCOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-pcos)
- **plop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-plop)
- **parts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-parts)
- **Paris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-paris)
- **pilot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-pilot)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aplos`, `pallos`, `paloss`, `palso`, `paols`, `plaos`, `ppalos`

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