Galápagos
/ɡəˈlæpəɡoʊs/
"galapagos" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Galápagos” is uncommon English (frequency #69,878 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,878
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ellipsis of Galápagos Islands.
Corpus desk
Index EN-galapagos · Galápagos · English
Galápagos · rank #69,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,878
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gallus
Nearest frequency peer: gallus (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Galápagos”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gabapentin
gabapentin
30,127 corpus weight
- galactose
galactose
30,126 corpus weight
- gallus
gallus
30,124 corpus weight
- Galápagos
Galápagos
30,123 corpus weight
- geocaching
geocaching
30,119 corpus weight
- geolocation
geolocation
30,118 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Galápagos” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Galápagos |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɡəˈlæpəɡoʊs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Galápagos” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Galápagos is uncommon English at frequency #69,878 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɡəˈlæpəɡoʊs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Galápagos has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Galápagos, spelled G-A-L-Á-P-A-G-O-S.
Definition
- 1Ellipsis of Galápagos Islands.
- 2Alternative form of Galapagos, a province of Ecuador comprising the islands.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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