galliard
"galliard" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“galliard” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galliard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “galliard” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
galliard is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for galliard, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is galliard, spelled G-A-L-L-I-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe.
- 2The triple-time music for this dance.
- 3A brisk, merry person.
- 4An intermediate size of type alternatively equated with brevier (by Didot points) or bourgeois (by Fournier points and by size).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "galliard"?
What does "galliard" mean?
What language does "galliard" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “galliard”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-A-L-L-I-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- 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.