gallicrow

noun

"gallicrow" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“gallicrow” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A scarecrow.

Corpus desk

Index EN-gallicrow · gallicrow · English

gallicrow · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for gallicrow
PropertyValue
Headwordgallicrow
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “gallicrow” in English

gallicrowranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gallicrow is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A scarecrow.".

Zero misspellings are on record for gallicrow in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From gally (“to frighten”) + crow. The correct English form is gallicrow, spelled G-A-L-L-I-C-R-O-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    A scarecrow.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gallicrow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "And what ghastly gallicrow might the poor fellow have been like, Master Fairway?" asked the turf-cutter.

Etymology

From gally (“to frighten”) + crow.

Synonyms

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 "gallicrow"?
"gallicrow" is spelled G-A-L-L-I-C-R-O-W.
What does "gallicrow" mean?
As a noun, "gallicrow" means: A scarecrow.
What is the origin of the word "gallicrow"?
From gally (“to frighten”) + crow. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list