gallery
/ˈɡæləɹi/
"gallery" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gallery” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #3,062 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,062
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
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 | gallery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡæləɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gallery” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for gallery is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡæləɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,062 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gallery, with forms such as "agllery", "galelry", and "galery". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "galley", "Geller", "galleon", 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 English galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Latin galilea (“church porch”),… The correct English form is gallery, spelled G-A-L-L-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
- 2An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
- 3The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
- 4The spectators at an event, collectively.
- 5The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
- 6A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
- 7A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
- 8A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
- 9A level or drive in a mine.
- 10A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
- 11The production control room.
- 12A part of a light fixture, forming part of its structure and often providing the mounting for the diffuser.
- 13A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
- 14The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.
- 15Ellipsis of gallery forest.
Etymology
From Middle English galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Latin galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Israel. More at Galilee.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agllery,galelry,galery,gallerry,galleryy,galleyr,gallrey,ggallery,glalery
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gallery - 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 “gallery”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-A-L-L-E-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡæləɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “galley” - see the side-by-side comparison. gallery vs galley
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.