Palme

\ˈpalmə\

/\ˈpalmə\/ noun

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The verdict

“Palme” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,715
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Palmier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-palme · Palme · French

Palme · rank #9,715 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,715
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH oser

Nearest frequency peer: oser (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Palme »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Palme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Palme vs PME
20% similar
Palme vs pam
40% similar
Palme vs pape
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Palme
PropertyValue
HeadwordPalme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈpalmə\
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,715
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Palme »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Palmese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « oser » (#9,714), « parte » (#9,716), « originaires » (#9,713). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Palme » est au #9,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Palme (IPA \ˈpalmə\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,715 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Palmier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Palme, with forms such as "aplme", "palem", and "pallme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PME", "pam", "pape", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Palme, spelled P-A-L-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Palmier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Palme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wer Bilder mit Palmen sieht, denkt an Süden, Sonne, Strand und Meer.
  2. Am Uferrand liegt ein Wald mit hohen Palmen, aus deren Früchten Öl gewonnen wird. Palmöl gehört in Sierra Leone in fast jedes Gericht. Der Wald ist ein angenehmer und wichtiger Schattenspender.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aplme
  • palem
  • pallme
  • palmme
  • pamle
  • plame
  • ppalme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Palme - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aplme2palem2pallme1palmme1pamle2plame2ppalme1
Edit distance from "Palme"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Palme"?
"Palme" is spelled P-A-L-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈpalmə\.
What does "Palme" mean?
As a noun, "Palme" means: Palmier.
What words are commonly confused with "Palme"?
"Palme" is commonly confused with "PME", "pam", "pape". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Palme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Palme" is \ˈpalmə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Palme" come from?
"Palme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Palme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parte#9,716perle#9,719Nîmes#9,708mêlée#9,703

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

relire7 variantsmodem7 variantsjouera7 variantsgreffe7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list