Galla
"galla" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Galla” is uncommon English (frequency #98,147 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,147
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-galla · Galla · English
Galla · rank #98,147 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,147
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH GABAergic
Nearest frequency peer: GABAergic (-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 “Galla”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- frivolously
frivolously
1,862 corpus weight
- fusible
fusible
1,858 corpus weight
- GABAergic
GABAergic
1,855 corpus weight
- Galla
Galla
1,854 corpus weight
- Garr
Garr
1,851 corpus weight
- generalship
generalship
1,846 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Galla” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Galla |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #98,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Galla” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Galla is uncommon English at frequency #98,147 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Galla, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: * As a Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Gallus, Gaulus (“a Gaul”), also see Gall. * As an Italian surname, from gallo (“rooster”), or from Medieval Latin galla (“oak apple”), or a spelling variant of Calla, Cala. * … The correct English form is Galla, spelled G-A-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A township in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.
Etymology
* As a Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Gallus, Gaulus (“a Gaul”), also see Gall. * As an Italian surname, from gallo (“rooster”), or from Medieval Latin galla (“oak apple”), or a spelling variant of Calla, Cala. * As an Arabic and Muslim surname, spelling variant of Kalla.
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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