gaélico
[gaˈeliko]
The verdict
“gaélico” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,404 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,404
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cualquiera de las lenguas celtas de la familia goidélica habladas actualmente en Escocia, Irlanda y la Isla de Man.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gaelico · gaélico · Spanish
gaélico · rank #65,404 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,404
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH gayo
Nearest frequency peer: gayo (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “gaélico”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- galego
galego
34,602 corpus weight
- garcas
garcas
34,599 corpus weight
- gayo
gayo
34,598 corpus weight
- gaélico
gaélico
34,597 corpus weight
- gola
gola
34,596 corpus weight
- gora
gora
34,593 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “gaélico” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “gaélico” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gaélico is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,404 among 1,728 “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
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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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