Palouse
/pəˈluːs/
"palouse" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Palouse” is uncommon English (frequency #83,595 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,595
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A certain Sahaptin tribe.
Corpus desk
Index EN-palouse · Palouse · English
Palouse · rank #83,595 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,595
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH panopticon
Nearest frequency peer: panopticon (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Palouse”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- overcapacity
overcapacity
16,412 corpus weight
- Palouse
Palouse
16,406 corpus weight
- panopticon
panopticon
16,405 corpus weight
- panton
panton
16,404 corpus weight
- paparazzo
paparazzo
16,403 corpus weight
- parameteriz…
parameterized
16,400 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Palouse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Palouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pəˈluːs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Palouse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Palouse is uncommon English at frequency #83,595 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pəˈluːs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A certain Sahaptin tribe.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Palouse, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Uncertain. Borrowed from French, either from the Sahaptin name of the Palus people or a designation of the region as pelouse. The correct English form is Palouse, spelled P-A-L-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1A certain Sahaptin tribe.
Etymology
Uncertain. Borrowed from French, either from the Sahaptin name of the Palus people or a designation of the region as pelouse.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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