galega
[gaˈleɣ̞a]
The verdict
“galega” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,428 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,428
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Galega officinalis) Planta de la familia de las fabáceas, con tallos de ocho a doce decímetros de altura, ramosos y herbáceos, hojas compuestas de once a diecisiete foliolos enteros, lanceolados y...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galega |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gaˈleɣ̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “galega” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
galega is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,428 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [gaˈleɣ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Galega officinalis) Planta de la familia de las fabáceas, con tallos de ocho a doce decímetros de altura, ramosos y herbáceos, hojas compuestas de once a diecisiete foliolos enteros, lanceolados y...".
galega doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is galega, spelled G-A-L-E-G-A.
Definition
- 1(Galega officinalis) Planta de la familia de las fabáceas, con tallos de ocho a doce decímetros de altura, ramosos y herbáceos, hojas compuestas de once a diecisiete foliolos enteros, lanceolados y de borde grueso, flores blancas, azuladas o rojizas, en panojas axilares pendientes de un largo pecíolo, y fruto en vaina estriada con muchas semillas. Se ha empleado en medicina y hoy se cultiva en los jardines, pero es tóxica para el ganado y los seres humanos.
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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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Using “galega”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-L-E-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.