gallon
gal·lon/ˈɡælən/noun
gallon is spelled G-A-L-L-O-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (gal·lon). It appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gallon means “A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gallon is gallons.
How many letters and syllables are in gallon?
| Letters | 6: G-A-L-L-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: gal·lon |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is gallon?
Gallon appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gallon?
- /ˈɡælən/
Gallon has 2 syllables, split gal·lon in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-gallon.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gallon.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gallon
- gallons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gallon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
- 2
CanadaUKexactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
- 3
US231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
- 4
USone-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
- 5
informalA large quantity (of any liquid).
The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate gallon?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of gallon: gal, gal..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gallon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a unit of volume used for liquids:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does gallon come from?
From Middle English gallon, galoun, galun, from Old Northern French galun, galon (“liquid measure”) (compare Old French jalon), from Late Latin galum, galus (“measure of wine”), from Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish *galla, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).