Palermo

/[paˈleɾmo]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,693

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Palermo is aSpanishname. It means: Ciudad italiana, capital de la región autónoma de Sicilia. Pronounced [paˈleɾmo]. It ranks #9,693 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Palomo and Paterno.

Key facts for Palermo
PropertyValue
HeadwordPalermo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[paˈleɾmo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,693
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Palermo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Palermo is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈleɾmo]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,693 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ciudad italiana, capital de la región autónoma de Sicilia.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Palermo, with forms such as "aplermo", "paelrmo", and "palemro". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Palomo", "Paterno", "pajero", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Palermo, spelled P-A-L-E-R-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad italiana, capital de la región autónoma de Sicilia.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aplermo,paelrmo,palemro,palermmo,palerom,palerrmo,pallermo,palremo,plaermo,ppalermo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Palermo

Misspelling Variants of "Palermo"

aplermo7paelrmo7palemro7palermmo8palerom7palerrmo8pallermo8palremo7
Misspelling Variants of "Palermo"

Frequency rank: #9,693 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Palermo"?
"Palermo" is spelled P-A-L-E-R-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈleɾmo].
What does "Palermo" mean?
As a name, "Palermo" means: Ciudad italiana, capital de la región autónoma de Sicilia.
What words are commonly confused with "Palermo"?
"Palermo" is commonly confused with "Palomo", "Paterno", "pajero". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Palermo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Palermo" is [paˈleɾmo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Palermo" come from?
"Palermo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.