galantería
[galãn̪t̪eˈɾia]
The verdict
“galantería” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #90,954 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #90,954
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o expresión obsequiosa, cortesana o de urbanidad para con cualquier persona y con especialidad para las damas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galantería |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [galãn̪t̪eˈɾia] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “galantería” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for galantería is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [galãn̪t̪eˈɾia]. Corpus data places it at rank #90,954 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for galantería, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is galantería, spelled G-A-L-A-N-T-E-R-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Acción o expresión obsequiosa, cortesana o de urbanidad para con cualquier persona y con especialidad para las damas.
- 2Gracia y elegancia que se adquiere en la forma o figura de algunas cosas.
- 3Liberalidad, bizarría, generosidad.
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 “galantería”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-L-A-N-T-E-R-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [galãn̪t̪eˈɾia] (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
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.