Panama

noun

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The verdict

“Panama” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,840. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,840
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Panamá

Corpus desk

Index PT-panama · Panama · Portuguese

Panama · rank #34,840 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,840
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH ocultação

Nearest frequency peer: ocultação (-2 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 “Panama”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “Panama” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Panama vs panda
50% similar
Panama vs pança
50% similar
Panama vs parada
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Panama
PropertyValue
HeadwordPanama
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,840
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “Panama”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.Panamacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ocultação” (#34,838), “paramilitar” (#34,842), “perplexidade” (#34,850). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “Panama” fica em #34,840. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Panama, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,840 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Panama, with forms such as "apnama", "paanma", and "panaam". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "panda", "pança", "parada", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is Panama, spelled P-A-N-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Panamá
  2. 2
    Cidade do Panamá

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Panama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Panama leży na przesmyku łączącym Amerykę Południową z Ameryką Środkową
  2. Co jest stolicą Panamy?

Synonyms

Republika Panamy

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apnama
  • paanma
  • panaam
  • panamma
  • panmaa
  • pannama
  • pnaama
  • ppanama

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Panama - 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.

apnama2paanma2panaam2panamma1panmaa2pannama1pnaama2ppanama1
Edit distance from "Panama"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Panama"?
"Panama" is spelled P-A-N-A-M-A.
What does "Panama" mean?
As a noun, "Panama" means: Panamá
What words are commonly confused with "Panama"?
"Panama" is commonly confused with "panda", "pança", "parada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Panama" come from?
"Panama" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Panama", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

milhar#34,813serrão#34,915ignoro#34,754speech#34,928

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

genero8 variantsabajur8 variantsabanar8 variantsesnobe8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list