# gallium

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡæliəm/ · frequency rank #45,385

## Definitions
1. A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.

## Etymology
Named by its discoverer Lecoq, after Latin Gallia (“Gaul”). It was claimed that Lecoq had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq, but Lecoq denied this in an article of 1877.

## Easily confused with
- **Gallup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallium-vs-gallup)
- **Gollum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallium-vs-gollum)
- **Gilliam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallium-vs-gilliam)
- **Gallic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallic-vs-gallium)

## Common misspellings (8)
`agllium`, `galilum`, `galium`, `gallimu`, `galliumm`, `galluim`, `ggallium`, `glalium`

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