galatea
"galatea" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“galatea” is uncommon English (frequency #78,620 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,620
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave
Corpus desk
Index EN-galatea · galatea · English
galatea · rank #78,620 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,620
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH fudd
Nearest frequency peer: fudd (-2 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 “galatea”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- frontcourt
frontcourt
21,384 corpus weight
- fudd
fudd
21,383 corpus weight
- galatea
galatea
21,381 corpus weight
- gamertag
gamertag
21,379 corpus weight
- gari
gari
21,377 corpus weight
- gauzy
gauzy
21,376 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “galatea” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galatea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “galatea” in English
Rare enough to double-check
galatea is uncommon English at frequency #78,620 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for galatea, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: After Galatea, a British man-of-war, since the material was used for children's sailor suits. The correct English form is galatea, spelled G-A-L-A-T-E-A.
Definition
- 1A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how galatea appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He wore a blue galatea shirt, corduroy trousers and riding boots.
Etymology
After Galatea, a British man-of-war, since the material was used for children's sailor suits.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).