gal
/ɡæl/noun
gal is spelled G-A-L: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 6.5 times per million words in written English, the 9,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gal means “Abbreviation of gallon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gal is gals or gals..
How many letters and syllables are in gal?
| Letters | 3: G-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.5 times per million words; the 9,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gal?
Gal appears 6.5 times per million words in written English, the 9,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gal?
- /ɡæl/
Gal has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gal?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gal.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lag, alg.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of gal
- gals plural
- gals. plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of gallon.
- 2
colloquialA young woman or girl; generally a form of rural Southern slang.
- 3
A galileo (unit of acceleration).
symbol
- 1
The symbol for the cgs unit of acceleration, gal or galileo.
noun
- 1
Initialism of guardian ad litem, an individual (often a lawyer) appointed to represent the best interests of a child or incapacitated person for the purpose of a legal procedure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gal come from?
From gallon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).