paladio
[paˈlað̞jo]
The verdict
“paladio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,176 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,176
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - El paladio es un elemento químico de número atómico 46 situado en el grupo 10 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es Pd. Es un metal de transición del grupo del platino, blando, dúct...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paladio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈlað̞jo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paladio” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paladio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,176 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paˈlað̞jo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "El paladio es un elemento químico de número atómico 46 situado en el grupo 10 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es Pd. Es un metal de transición del grupo del platino, blando, dúct...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for paladio in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is paladio, spelled P-A-L-A-D-I-O.
Definition
- 1El paladio es un elemento químico de número atómico 46 situado en el grupo 10 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es Pd. Es un metal de transición del grupo del platino, blando, dúctil, maleable y poco abundante. Se parece químicamente al platino y se extrae de algunas minas de cobre y níquel. Se emplea principalmente como catalizador y en joyería.
This word in other languages
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-L-A-D-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.