palma
/ˈpaɫ.mɐ/
The verdict
“palma” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,567. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,567
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - face interna e côncava da mão
Corpus desk
Index PT-palma · palma · Portuguese
palma · rank #6,567 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,567
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH ofensiva
Nearest frequency peer: ofensiva (-3 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “palma”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- menção
menção
93,444 corpus weight
- ofensiva
ofensiva
93,437 corpus weight
- palma
palma
93,434 corpus weight
- psicológico
psicológico
93,427 corpus weight
- quadra
quadra
93,426 corpus weight
- receio
receio
93,423 corpus weight
What this shows “palma” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | palma |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpaɫ.mɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “palma”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around palma (IPA /ˈpaɫ.mɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,567 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for palma, with forms such as "aplma", "palam", and "pallma". 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, "para", "papa", "pata", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is palma, spelled P-A-L-M-A.
Definition
- 1face interna e côncava da mão
- 2palmeira ou sua folha
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aplma
- palam
- pallma
- palmma
- pamla
- plama
- ppalma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of palma - 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.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).