paleta

//pɐ.ˈle.tɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,759

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

paleta is aPortuguesenoun. It means: chapa, geralmente ovalada e de madeira, com um orifício para o polegar, sobre a qual os pintores colocam e misturam as tintas; palheta Pronounced /pɐ.ˈle.tɐ/. Often confused with pata and preta.

Key facts for paleta
PropertyValue
Headwordpaleta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɐ.ˈle.tɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,759
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of paleta in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for paleta is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɐ.ˈle.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,759 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for paleta, with forms such as "apleta", "paelta", and "paleat". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "pata", "preta", "poeta", 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 Portuguese form is paleta, spelled P-A-L-E-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    chapa, geralmente ovalada e de madeira, com um orifício para o polegar, sobre a qual os pintores colocam e misturam as tintas; palheta
  2. 2
    (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) gama de cores preferida por determinado artista ou característica de um grupo, de uma escola artística; palheta
  3. 3
    cada peça de um par de instrumentos, geralmente de marfim ou ébano, usado pelos escultores para modelar o barro ou a cera
  4. 4
    (Regionalismo: Sul do Brasil, Centro-Oeste do Brasil) omoplata ou espádua de animal ou das pessoas
  5. 5
    (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) (Regionalismo: Brasil) numa corrida, diferença entre um cavalo e outro que chegou ao final junto a sua paleta (acepção 4)
  6. 6
    (Regionalismo: Rio Grande do Sul) ver malha (jogo)
  7. 7
    estrado sobre o qual se dispõem volumes para facilitar operações de carga e descarga de navios; palete

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apleta,paelta,paleat,paletta,palleta,paltea,plaeta,ppaleta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for paleta

Misspelling Variants of "paleta"

apleta6paelta6paleat6paletta7palleta7paltea6plaeta6ppaleta7
Misspelling Variants of "paleta"

Frequency rank: #23,759 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paleta"?
"paleta" is spelled P-A-L-E-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pɐ.ˈle.tɐ/.
What does "paleta" mean?
As a noun, "paleta" means: chapa, geralmente ovalada e de madeira, com um orifício para o polegar, sobre a qual os pintores colocam e misturam as tintas; palheta
What words are commonly confused with "paleta"?
"paleta" is commonly confused with "pata", "preta", "poeta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paleta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paleta" is /pɐ.ˈle.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paleta" come from?
"paleta" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.