# palito

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /pɐ.ˈli.tu/ · frequency rank #20,386

## Definitions
1. pauzinho aguçado que serve para limpar os dentes
2. espécie de biscoito

## Easily confused with
- **pato** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-pato)
- **palo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-palo)
- **pito** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-pito)
- **peito** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-peito)
- **parto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-parto)
- **pátio** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-patio)
- **pasto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-pasto)
- **pavio** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-pavio)
- **palmo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-palmo)
- **platô** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-plato)
- **Pluto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-pluto)
- **piloto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-piloto)
- **pânico** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-panico)
- **pleito** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-pleito)
- **polido** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-polido)
- **papiro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-papiro)
- **palpite** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-palpite)
- **palmito** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-palmito)
- **púlpito** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palito-vs-pulpito)
- **palco** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/palco-vs-palito)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aplito`, `pailto`, `paliot`, `palitto`, `pallito`, `paltio`, `plaito`, `ppalito`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/palito