galette
ga·lette/ɡəˈlɛt/noun
galette is spelled G-A-L-E-T-T-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (ga·lette). It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, galette means “A type of flat, round cake from France” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of galette is galettes.
How many letters and syllables are in galette?
| Letters | 7: G-A-L-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ga·lette |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 95,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 galette?
Galette appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd 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 galette?
- US /ɡəˈlɛt/
Galette has 2 syllables, split ga·lette in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-galette.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with galette?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as galette from its last stressed vowel (/ɛt/):
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 galette
- galettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does galette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of flat, round cake from France.
- 2
Clipping of Breton galette (“a crêpe or pancake made with buckwheat flour, and often with a savoury filling, originally from Upper Brittany in France”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Galette in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a type of flat, round cake:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does galette come from?
Borrowed from French galette.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).