palmeta
[palˈmet̪a]
The verdict
“palmeta” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ornamento en forma de hoja de palmera, comúnmente usado en la antigua Grecia y Roma. Probablemente se originó en el Antiguo Egipto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-palmeta · palmeta · Spanish
palmeta · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palmeta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [palˈmet̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “palmeta” en español
Rare enough to double-check
palmeta is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [palˈmet̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for palmeta, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is palmeta, spelled P-A-L-M-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1Ornamento en forma de hoja de palmera, comúnmente usado en la antigua Grecia y Roma. Probablemente se originó en el Antiguo Egipto.
- 2Especie de paleta, generalmente de madera, con mango y una superficie plana con la que se golpeaba las palmas de los niños en las escuelas a modo de castigo.
- 3Especie de paleta ligera, generamlente de plástico, con mango y una superficie plana que se usa para matar a las moscas, mosquitos y otros insectos voladores.
- 4Golpe propinado con la palmeta₂.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.