galleon
/ˈɡæ.li.ən/
"galleon" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“galleon” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,761
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A large, three-masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galleon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡæ.li.ən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “galleon” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around galleon (IPA /ˈɡæ.li.ən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,761 among 18,276 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A large, three-masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for galleon, with forms such as "aglleon", "galelon", and "galeon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Gallo", "gallon", "galley", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French galion or Spanish galeón. Originally an augmentative form of a Romance language cognate of galley, the word spread around the Mediterranean from the 12th century, taking on different meanings depending on place and time. The correct English form is galleon, spelled G-A-L-L-E-O-N.
Definition
- 1A large, three-masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.
Etymology
From Middle French galion or Spanish galeón. Originally an augmentative form of a Romance language cognate of galley, the word spread around the Mediterranean from the 12th century, taking on different meanings depending on place and time.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aglleon
- galelon
- galeon
- galleno
- galleonn
- galloen
- ggalleon
- glaleon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of galleon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “galleon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-A-L-L-E-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡæ.li.ən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Gallo” - see the side-by-side comparison. galleon vs Gallo
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.