gaélico
[gaˈeliko]
The verdict
“gaélico” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,404 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,404
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cualquiera de las lenguas celtas de la familia goidélica habladas actualmente en Escocia, Irlanda y la Isla de Man.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gaélico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gaˈeliko] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,404 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gaélico” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gaélico is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,404 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [gaˈeliko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for gaélico in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is gaélico, spelled G-A-É-L-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Cualquiera de las lenguas celtas de la familia goidélica habladas actualmente en Escocia, Irlanda y la Isla de Man.
- 2En particular, lengua celta goidélica hablada en el norte de Escocia.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “gaélico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-É-L-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gaˈeliko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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Data Source
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.