Which to use
“paletó” and “palmo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,717
- “paletó” frequency rank
- #41,647
- “palmo” frequency rank
- 74364
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paletó | palmo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | casaco curto, com bolsos, que se veste diretamente sobre a camisa ou colete | medida igual à distância entre as extremidades dos dedos polegar e mínimo de uma mão aberta |
Where the eye mixes paletó and palmo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. paletó runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against palmo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between paletó and palmo
A purely visual mix-up. paletó (/pa.lɨ.ˈtɔ/) and palmo (/ˈpaɫ.mu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74364, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paletó is recorded at frequency rank #32,717, classified as anoun, pronounced /pa.lɨ.ˈtɔ/. palmo is at rank #41,647, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpaɫ.mu/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 74364, this pair ranks #2,538 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of paletó vs palmo
Shared letters: alp. Private to "paletó": etó. Private to "palmo": mo.
"paletó" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "palmo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- palmo ← aplmo · pallmo · palmmo · palom · pamlo · plamo · ppalmo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "paletó" and "palmo" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "paletó" or "palmo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "paletó" and "palmo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "paletó" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "palmo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,538 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paletó" and "palmo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "palmo vs pilão". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #2,538 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.