It’s not reallya misspelling. It’s an alternate spelling for a different form of the word. A word that started colloquially. Either way, several words have multiple accepted spellings even outside of regional stuff like color/colour. Pallet and palette are two normal spellings of that word with different main meanings but nigh equivalent over-all meanings, for example. I know I’ve ran in to many more, but the brain’s still starting up…
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pal·let1
noun
a straw mattress.
a crude or makeshift bed.
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pallet is sometimes confused with palette
I hate it when the misspelling has such a large uptake.
It’s not reallya misspelling. It’s an alternate spelling for a different form of the word. A word that started colloquially. Either way, several words have multiple accepted spellings even outside of regional stuff like color/colour. Pallet and palette are two normal spellings of that word with different main meanings but nigh equivalent over-all meanings, for example. I know I’ve ran in to many more, but the brain’s still starting up…
Pallet and palette are homophones, but the different words have distinctly different meanings.
The problem is the pervasive proliferation of improper phrasing
Wrong. Look up the definitions. They literally reference each other as same.
Nope.
Citing a reference is a nice palate cleanser.