paloma
[paˈloma]
The verdict
“paloma” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,288 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,288
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (familia Columbiformes) Cualquiera de unas trescientas especies de aves columbiformes distribuidas por todo el globo, de cuerpo y cuello robustos y pico delgado y corto, con ceras carnosas, combado...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paloma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈloma] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paloma” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for paloma is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈloma]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,288 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for paloma, with forms such as "aploma", "palloma", and "palmoa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "palos", "plomo", "pluma", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is paloma, spelled P-A-L-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1(familia Columbiformes) Cualquiera de unas trescientas especies de aves columbiformes distribuidas por todo el globo, de cuerpo y cuello robustos y pico delgado y corto, con ceras carnosas, combado en la punta superior y adaptado a su hábito frugívoro. Son domesticables y muchas veces comensales del ser humano.
- 2(Columba livia f. domestica) En particular, la paloma doméstica, criada desde la remota Antigüedad por su carne, como mensajera y como ornamental, existiendo numerosas variedades de vistoso plumaje.
- 3Figuradamente, persona pacífica y mesurada.
- 4En especial, pacifista militante.
- 5Petardo triangular de papel y pólvora.
- 6Signo gráfico que indica aprobación o verificación.
- 7Bebida refrescante hecha de agua de selz y anís.
- 8Órgano eréctil que presenta el macho de los mamíferos, homólogo del clítoris femenino, en el que desembocan los conductos del tracto genitourinario. En algunos animales se retrae en la ingle, y sólo se extiende durante la excreción y la cópula; en el ser humano no es retráctil. Está compuesto en su mayor parte por tejidos esponjosos, llamados cuerpos cavernosos, que al saturarse de sangre producen la erección.
- 9Genital internos y externos —es decir, vagina y vulva— de la mujer.
- 10(Plodia interpunctella) Lepidóptero ditrisio de la familia de los pirálidos, de alas gris cobrizo y unos 2 cm de envergadura, que habita en todo el mundo, infestando alimentos secos de origen vegetal.
- 11Cierto canto típico mexicano ^([cita requerida]).
- 12Cuerpo celeste, formado por hielo y roca, que sigue una órbita muy excéntrica alrededor del sol, formando una coma alargada al aproximarse al perihelio.
- 13Cierto baile popular argentino ^([cita requerida]).
- 14Lienzo grande de algodón, lino o material sintético con el que se viste la cama.
- 15El medio o cruz de una verga entre los galápagos, donde se fijan los cuadernales o motones de las drizas.
- 16Sobrenombre que toma cualquiera de dichos motones o cuadernales, y en algunos buques la gaza donde se engancha la ostaga.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aploma,palloma,palmoa,paloam,palomma,paolma,plaoma,ppaloma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paloma - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “paloma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-L-O-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈloma] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “palos” - see the side-by-side comparison. paloma vs palos
- 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.