galera
[gaˈleɾa]
The verdict
“galera” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #27,240 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,240
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Buque de cien pies de quilla, poco más o menos, bajo y raso, muy lanzado de proa, con un gran espolón en ella y aletas a popa; tres palos con velas latinas, y en su castillo de proa dos o tres caño...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galera |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gaˈleɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “galera” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for galera is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gaˈleɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,240 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for galera, with forms such as "aglera", "gaelra", and "galear". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gara", "garra", "gamer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is galera, spelled G-A-L-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Buque de cien pies de quilla, poco más o menos, bajo y raso, muy lanzado de proa, con un gran espolón en ella y aletas a popa; tres palos con velas latinas, y en su castillo de proa dos o tres cañones de grueso calibre. Su mayor andar era al remo, para lo cual, y según su porte, llevaba distribuidos por cada banda hasta treinta o más de ellos, cada uno de los cuales era bogado por dos o tres forzados. Según las relaciones históricas, los antiguos las tenían de dos, tres, cuatro y cinco órdenes de remos.
- 2Carro grande con cuatro ruedas, al que se pone ordinariamente una cubierta o toldo de lienzo fuerte.
- 3Cárcel de mujeres.
- 4Crujía o fila de camas que suele ponerse en los hospitales en medio de las salas cuando hay muchos enfermos.
- 5Separación que se hace al escribir los factores de una división, trazando una línea vertical entre el dividendo, que se pone a la izquierda, y el divisor, que va en el mismo renglón a la derecha, y luego otra raya horizontal debajo de este último, para estampar allí el cociente.
- 6Garlopa grande.
- 7Tabla guarnecida por tres de sus lados de unos listones con rebajo, en que entra otra tablita delgada que se llama volandera: sirve para poner las líneas de letras que va componiendo el oficial cajista, formando con ellas la galerada.
- 8Fila de hornos de reverbero en que se colocan varias retortas que se calientan con el mismo fuego.
- 9Crustáceo parecido al camarón, del que se distingue por tener muy desarrollado el primer par de patas.
- 10Sombrero de copa.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aglera,gaelra,galear,galerra,gallera,galrea,ggalera,glaera
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of galera - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “galera”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-L-E-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gaˈleɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gara” - see the side-by-side comparison. galera vs gara
- 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.