palomas

/[paˈlomas]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,887

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

palomas is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pequeñas olas coronadas de espuma blanca, que hace el mar cuando empieza a soplar un viento fresco. Pronounced [paˈlomas]. Often confused with palos and plumas.

Key facts for palomas
PropertyValue
Headwordpalomas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paˈlomas]
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,887
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for palomas is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈlomas]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,887 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pequeñas olas coronadas de espuma blanca, que hace el mar cuando empieza a soplar un viento fresco.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for palomas, with forms such as "aplomas", "pallomas", and "palmoas". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "palos", "plumas", "Palomo", 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 palomas, spelled P-A-L-O-M-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pequeñas olas coronadas de espuma blanca, que hace el mar cuando empieza a soplar un viento fresco.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aplomas,pallomas,palmoas,paloams,palomass,palommas,palomsa,paolmas,plaomas,ppalomas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for palomas

Misspelling Variants of "palomas"

aplomas7pallomas8palmoas7paloams7palomass8palommas8palomsa7paolmas7
Misspelling Variants of "palomas"

Frequency rank: #12,887 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "palomas"?
"palomas" is spelled P-A-L-O-M-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈlomas].
What does "palomas" mean?
As a noun, "palomas" means: Pequeñas olas coronadas de espuma blanca, que hace el mar cuando empieza a soplar un viento fresco.
What words are commonly confused with "palomas"?
"palomas" is commonly confused with "palos", "plumas", "Palomo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "palomas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "palomas" is [paˈlomas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "palomas" come from?
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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.