palmito

/[pau̯.ˈmi.to], Plural: [pau̯.ˈmi.tos]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,145

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

palmito is aPortuguesenoun. It means: alimento obtido do miolo da região próxima ao meristema apical de determinadas espécies de palmeiras Pronounced [pau̯.ˈmi.to], Plural: [pau̯.ˈmi.tos]. Often confused with palmo and pleito.

Key facts for palmito
PropertyValue
Headwordpalmito
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pau̯.ˈmi.to], Plural: [pau̯.ˈmi.tos]
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,145
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for palmito is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pau̯.ˈmi.to], Plural: [pau̯.ˈmi.tos]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,145 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for palmito, with forms such as "aplmito", "palimto", and "pallmito". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "palmo", "pleito", "palpite", 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 palmito, spelled P-A-L-M-I-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    alimento obtido do miolo da região próxima ao meristema apical de determinadas espécies de palmeiras
  2. 2
    alguém de tez bem branca

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aplmito,palimto,pallmito,palmiot,palmitto,palmmito,palmtio,pamlito,plamito,ppalmito

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for palmito

Misspelling Variants of "palmito"

aplmito7palimto7pallmito8palmiot7palmitto8palmmito8palmtio7pamlito7
Misspelling Variants of "palmito"

Frequency rank: #36,145 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "palmito"?
"palmito" is spelled P-A-L-M-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [pau̯.ˈmi.to], Plural: [pau̯.ˈmi.tos].
What does "palmito" mean?
As a noun, "palmito" means: alimento obtido do miolo da região próxima ao meristema apical de determinadas espécies de palmeiras
What words are commonly confused with "palmito"?
"palmito" is commonly confused with "palmo", "pleito", "palpite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "palmito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "palmito" is [pau̯.ˈmi.to], Plural: [pau̯.ˈmi.tos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "palmito" come from?
"palmito" 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.