palmero
[palˈmeɾo]
The verdict
“palmero” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #57,983 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #57,983
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Peregrino que volvía de Tierra Santa con una palma.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palmero |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [palˈmeɾo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,983 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “palmero” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for palmero is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [palˈmeɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,983 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for palmero, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is palmero, spelled P-A-L-M-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Peregrino que volvía de Tierra Santa con una palma.
- 2Encargado de cuidar un palmeral.
- 3Persona que bate las palmas₅₋₆ para acompañar cantes y bailes flamencos de Andalucía.
- 4Persona que aplaude o anima o apoya incondicionalmente todo cuanto hace otra persona, especialmente cuando se trata de alguien famoso o con cierto poder o estatus social.
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 “palmero”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-L-M-E-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [palˈmeɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.