palais
[pa.ˈlɛ]
The verdict
“palais” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,816 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,816
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Palacio.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palais |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pa.ˈlɛ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,816 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “palais” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
palais is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,816 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pa.ˈlɛ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Palacio.".
palais has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is palais, spelled P-A-L-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Palacio.
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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Using “palais”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-L-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pa.ˈlɛ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.