# gallant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɡælənt/ · frequency rank #22,092

## Definitions
1. Brave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women.
2. Honorable.
3. Grand, noble.
4. Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.

## Etymology
From Middle English galant, galaunt, from Old French galant (“courteous; dashing; brave”), present participle of galer (“to rejoice; make merry”), from gale (“pomp; show; festivity; mirth”); either from Frankish *wala (“good, well”), a variant form of *wela, from Proto-Germanic *wela (whence well), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”); or alternatively from Frankish *gail (“merry; mirthful; proud; luxuriant”), from Proto-Germanic *gailaz (“merry; excited; luxurious”), related to Dutch geil (“horny; lascivious; salacious; lecherous”), German geil (“randy; horny; lecherous; wicked”), Old English gāl (“wanton; wicked; bad”).

## Easily confused with
- **gallon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallant-vs-gallon)
- **garland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallant-vs-garland)
- **gallantry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallant-vs-gallantry)

## Common misspellings (9)
`agllant`, `galalnt`, `galant`, `gallannt`, `gallantt`, `gallatn`, `gallnat`, `ggallant`, `glalant`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gallant