Galiläa

[ɡaliˈlɛːa]

/[ɡaliˈlɛːa]/ name

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The verdict

“Galiläa” is uncommon German (frequency #54,540 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,540
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine historische Landschaft in Nord-Palästina, die westlich des Jordans gelegen ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-galilaa · Galiläa · German

Galiläa · rank #54,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,540
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH fuzzy

Nearest frequency peer: fuzzy (-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 „Galiläa“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Galiläa
PropertyValue
HeadwordGaliläa
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ɡaliˈlɛːa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,540
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Galiläa“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „fuzzy“ (#54,539), „Ganztagsschulen“ (#54,541), „gare“ (#54,542). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Galiläa“ bei #54,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Galiläa is uncommon German at frequency #54,540 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ɡaliˈlɛːa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine historische Landschaft in Nord-Palästina, die westlich des Jordans gelegen ist".

Galiläa has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Galiläa, spelled G-A-L-I-L-Ä-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine historische Landschaft in Nord-Palästina, die westlich des Jordans gelegen ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Daraufhin sagt Christus: »Fürchtet euch nicht!« […] und trägt ihnen als Botschaft für die Jünger auf, daß sie nach Galiläa gehen sollen und ihn dort sehen werden.“
  2. „Darnach zog Jesus umher in Galiläa; denn er wollte nicht in Judäa umherziehen, darum daß ihm die Juden nach dem Leben stellten.“ (Lutherbibel 1912, Joh 7,1)

This word in other languages

Galilee(English)Galilea(Español)Galilée(Français)Galileia(Português)

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 "Galiläa"?
"Galiläa" is spelled G-A-L-I-L-Ä-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡaliˈlɛːa].
What does "Galiläa" mean?
As a proper noun, "Galiläa" means: eine historische Landschaft in Nord-Palästina, die westlich des Jordans gelegen ist
How do you pronounce "Galiläa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Galiläa" is [ɡaliˈlɛːa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Galiläa" come from?
"Galiläa" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

garnier#54,543Finland#54,522Fiebern#54,519Fenchel#54,513

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list