Palmares
[palˈmaɾes]
The verdict
“Palmares” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,498 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,498
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad de la provincia de Alajuela, su nombre se deriva de "los palmares", como era conocido el lugar alrededor de 1850.
Corpus desk
Index ES-palmares · Palmares · Spanish
Palmares · rank #59,498 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,498
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pair
Nearest frequency peer: pair (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Palmares”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- osada
osada
40,507 corpus weight
- ox
ox
40,505 corpus weight
- pair
pair
40,504 corpus weight
- Palmares
Palmares
40,503 corpus weight
- pandillero
pandillero
40,500 corpus weight
- papagayo
papagayo
40,499 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Palmares” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Palmares |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [palˈmaɾes] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Palmares” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Palmares is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,498 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [palˈmaɾes]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Palmares, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Palmares, spelled P-A-L-M-A-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Ciudad de la provincia de Alajuela, su nombre se deriva de "los palmares", como era conocido el lugar alrededor de 1850.
- 2Cantón de Costa Rica
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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