Gamaliel
/ ɡəˈmeɪ.li.əl/
"gamaliel" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gamaliel” is uncommon English (frequency #75,899 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,899
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gamaliel the Elder, a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gamaliel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | / ɡəˈmeɪ.li.əl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,899 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gamaliel” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gamaliel is uncommon English at frequency #75,899 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed / ɡəˈmeɪ.li.əl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Gamaliel in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Gamaliel, from Late Latin Gamaliēl, from Koine Greek Γαμαλιήλ (Gamaliḗl), from Aramaic גַמַלִיאיֵל (Ḡamalīʾēl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּמְלִיאֵל (Gamlīʾēl). Compare Classical Syriac ܓ݂ܰܡܰܠܺܝܐܝܶܠ (Ḡamalīʾēl). The correct English form is Gamaliel, spelled G-A-M-A-L-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1Gamaliel the Elder, a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE.
- 2A male given name from Hebrew (“God is my reward”).
Etymology
From Middle English Gamaliel, from Late Latin Gamaliēl, from Koine Greek Γαμαλιήλ (Gamaliḗl), from Aramaic גַמַלִיאיֵל (Ḡamalīʾēl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּמְלִיאֵל (Gamlīʾēl). Compare Classical Syriac ܓ݂ܰܡܰܠܺܝܐܝܶܠ (Ḡamalīʾēl).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Gamaliel”
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- The one correct English spelling is G-A-M-A-L-I-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as / ɡəˈmeɪ.li.əl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.