# pale vs palmo

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### pale
*adjective · IPA /peIl/ · frequency rank #45,514*
pálido, claro, descorado

### palmo
*noun · IPA /ˈpaɫ.mu/ · frequency rank #41,647*
medida igual à distância entre as extremidades dos dedos polegar e mínimo de uma mão aberta

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