palmito
[pau̯.ˈmi.to], Plural: [pau̯.ˈmi.tos]
The verdict
“palmito” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #36,145. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,145
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alimento obtido do miolo da região próxima ao meristema apical de determinadas espécies de palmeiras
Corpus desk
Index PT-palmito · palmito · Portuguese
palmito · rank #36,145 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,145
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH oposicionista
Nearest frequency peer: oposicionista (-4 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 “palmito”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- obeso
obeso
63,864 corpus weight
- og
og
63,863 corpus weight
- oops
oops
63,861 corpus weight
- oposicionis…
oposicionista
63,860 corpus weight
- palmito
palmito
63,856 corpus weight
- peak
peak
63,851 corpus weight
What this shows “palmito” 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 | palmito |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pau̯.ˈmi.to], Plural: [pau̯.ˈmi.tos] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #36,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “palmito”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around palmito (IPA [pau̯.ˈmi.to], Plural: [pau̯.ˈmi.tos]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,145 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for palmito, with forms such as "aplmito", "palimto", and "pallmito". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "palmo", "pleito", "palpite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is palmito, spelled P-A-L-M-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1alimento obtido do miolo da região próxima ao meristema apical de determinadas espécies de palmeiras
- 2alguém de tez bem branca
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how palmito appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Marrom e Amarelo (Nova edição)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aplmito
- palimto
- pallmito
- palmiot
- palmitto
- palmmito
- palmtio
- pamlito
- plamito
- ppalmito
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of palmito - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).