Gallone
[ɡaˈloːnə]
The verdict
“Gallone” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im amerikanischen und britischen Raum verwendetes Hohlmaß (vorzugsweise für Flüssigkeiten), dessen genaue Definition regional unterschiedlich ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-gallone · Gallone · German
Gallone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gallone |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡaˈloːnə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gallone“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gallone is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡaˈloːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im amerikanischen und britischen Raum verwendetes Hohlmaß (vorzugsweise für Flüssigkeiten), dessen genaue Definition regional unterschiedlich ist".
Zero misspellings are on record for Gallone in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gallone, spelled G-A-L-L-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1im amerikanischen und britischen Raum verwendetes Hohlmaß (vorzugsweise für Flüssigkeiten), dessen genaue Definition regional unterschiedlich ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gallone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für die Gartenparty habe ich drei Gallonen Bier bestellt.
„Der Zollstock wurde gegen eine halbe Gallone Rum getauscht.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.