Gala

[ˈɡaːla]

/[ˈɡaːla]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gala” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,918. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,918
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - festliche Kleidung oder eine Hoftracht (aus dem Spanischen)

Corpus desk

Index DE-gala · Gala · German

Gala · rank #12,918 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,918
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Föderation

Nearest frequency peer: Föderation (-1 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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Gala“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Gala“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

Gala vs gar
25% similar
Gala vs Gas
50% similar
Gala vs Gay
50% similar

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

Key facts for Gala
PropertyValue
HeadwordGala
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡaːla]
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,918
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gala“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Galaliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Föderation“ (#12,917), „Gefangenschaft“ (#12,919), „fusse“ (#12,916). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gala“ bei #12,918. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Gala (IPA [ˈɡaːla]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,918 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gala, with forms such as "agla", "gaal", and "galla". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gar", "Gas", "Gay", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct German form is Gala, spelled G-A-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    festliche Kleidung oder eine Hoftracht (aus dem Spanischen)
  2. 2
    festliche Veranstaltung (bei der man eine Gala^([1]) trägt)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Alle Gäste erschienen in Gala beim Empfang des Präsidenten.
  2. „Miss Runcible war erschienen und stand in großer Gala in der Hall.“

Synonyms

Festkleidung

This word in other languages

gala(English)gala(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agla
  • gaal
  • galla
  • ggala
  • glaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gala - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

agla2gaal2galla1ggala1glaa2
Edit distance from "Gala"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gala"?
"Gala" is spelled G-A-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡaːla].
What does "Gala" mean?
As a noun, "Gala" means: festliche Kleidung oder eine Hoftracht (aus dem Spanischen)
What words are commonly confused with "Gala"?
"Gala" is commonly confused with "gar", "Gas", "Gay". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gala"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gala" is [ˈɡaːla]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gala" come from?
"Gala" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Floh#12,914flat#12,913ergo#12,900Ivan#12,944

Similar misspelling depth

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

Joel5 variantsNora5 variantsroom5 variantssaid5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list