# Gallo

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,159

## Definitions
1. A Romance language spoken in north-west France, see Gallo language.
2. A surname.
3. A brand of low-priced California wine.

## Etymology
* As an Italian and Spanish surname, from the noun gallo (“rooster”).
* Also as an Italian surname, from the personal name Gallo, from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”). This is sometimes Americanized from Greek Γάλλος (Gállos). Compare Gallia.
* As a Breton surname, shortened from Le Gallo, a diminutive of Le Gall; compare Legall.
* (language): From Breton gall (“a Gaul or a foreigner”), from being a language found in eastern Brittany of the non-Celts, from Latin Gallus.

## Easily confused with
- **GAO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gao)
- **GLO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-glo)
- **gill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gill)
- **gals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gals)
- **Gaul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gaul)
- **gull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gull)
- **gaol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gaol)
- **Gayle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gayle)
- **gully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gully)
- **gills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gills)
- **gulls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gulls)
- **golly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-golly)
- **gilly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gilly)
- **garbo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-garbo)
- **gallon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gallon)
- **Gallup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gallup)
- **gallop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gallop)
- **gallows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallo-vs-gallows)
- **gal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gal-vs-gallo)
- **gala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gala-vs-gallo)

## Common misspellings (5)
`agllo`, `galo`, `galol`, `ggallo`, `glalo`

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