galante

[ɡaˈlantə]

/[ɡaˈlantə]/ adj

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The verdict

“galante” is uncommon German (frequency #90,287 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,287
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs galant

Corpus desk

Index DE-galante · galante · German

galante · rank #90,287 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,287
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Galgenberg

Nearest frequency peer: Galgenberg (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „galante“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „galante“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for galante
PropertyValue
Headwordgalante
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡaˈlantə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,287
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „galante“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).galantefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Galgenberg“ (#90,288), „fürchterlicher“ (#90,285), „Gartentor“ (#90,290). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „galante“ bei #90,287. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

galante is uncommon German at frequency #90,287 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡaˈlantə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for galante, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is galante, spelled G-A-L-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs galant
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs galant
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs galant
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs galant
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs galant
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs galant
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs galant
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs galant
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs galant

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 "galante"?
"galante" is spelled G-A-L-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡaˈlantə].
What does "galante" mean?
As an adjective, "galante" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs galant
How do you pronounce "galante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "galante" is [ɡaˈlantə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "galante" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flächig#90,261flennen#90,256findige#90,250Eschede#90,218

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list