galla
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The verdict
“galla” is uncommon German (frequency #97,024 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,024
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Gallapfel
Corpus desk
Index DE-galla · galla · German
galla · rank #97,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,024
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH Gambier
Nearest frequency peer: Gambier (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “galla”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Färbungen
Färbungen
2,981 corpus weight
- Förderprogr…
Förderprogramms
2,980 corpus weight
- Fünfhaus
Fünfhaus
2,979 corpus weight
- galla
galla
2,977 corpus weight
- Gambier
Gambier
2,976 corpus weight
- Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper
2,974 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “galla” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galla |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,024 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “galla” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
galla is uncommon German at frequency #97,024 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Gallapfel".
galla has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is galla, spelled G-A-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1der Gallapfel
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.