palmera

/[palˈmeɾa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,261

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

palmera is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Arecaceae, sin. Palmae) Cualquiera de casi 3000 especies de plantas monocotiledóneas, distribuidas en áreas cálidas y templadas de todo el globo, normalmente arborescentes, características por su ... Pronounced [palˈmeɾa]. Often confused with Pamela and polera.

Key facts for palmera
PropertyValue
Headwordpalmera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[palˈmeɾa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,261
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for palmera is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [palˈmeɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,261 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for palmera, with forms such as "aplmera", "palemra", and "pallmera". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Pamela", "polera", "primera", and more, 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 palmera, spelled P-A-L-M-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Arecaceae, sin. Palmae) Cualquiera de casi 3000 especies de plantas monocotiledóneas, distribuidas en áreas cálidas y templadas de todo el globo, normalmente arborescentes, características por su tronco recto y no ramificado, llamado estípite, y una corona de hojas pinnadas o palmadas que brota del ápice del mismo. Son apreciadas como ornamentales, y muchas especies tienen valor económico.
  2. 2
    Pieza de bollería, de masa de hojaldre de unos dos a cuatro centímetros de grosor y con una peculiar forma acorazonada con los vértices deformados.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aplmera,palemra,pallmera,palmear,palmerra,palmmera,palmrea,pamlera,plamera,ppalmera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for palmera

Misspelling Variants of "palmera"

aplmera7palemra7pallmera8palmear7palmerra8palmmera8palmrea7pamlera7
Misspelling Variants of "palmera"

Frequency rank: #24,261 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "palmera"?
"palmera" is spelled P-A-L-M-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [palˈmeɾa].
What does "palmera" mean?
As a noun, "palmera" means: (Arecaceae, sin. Palmae) Cualquiera de casi 3000 especies de plantas monocotiledóneas, distribuidas en áreas cálidas y templadas de todo el globo, normalmente arborescentes, características por su ...
What words are commonly confused with "palmera"?
"palmera" is commonly confused with "Pamela", "polera", "primera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "palmera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "palmera" is [palˈmeɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "palmera" come from?
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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.