galeras

/[gaˈleɾas]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,226

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

galeras is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pena de remar que se imponía a ciertos delincuentes. Pronounced [gaˈleɾas]. Often confused with galés and galesa.

Key facts for galeras
PropertyValue
Headwordgaleras
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[gaˈleɾas]
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,226
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of galeras in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for galeras is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gaˈleɾas]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,226 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pena de remar que se imponía a ciertos delincuentes.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for galeras, with forms such as "agleras", "gaelras", and "galears". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "galés", "galesa", "galería", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is galeras, spelled G-A-L-E-R-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pena de remar que se imponía a ciertos delincuentes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agleras,gaelras,galears,galerass,galerras,galersa,galleras,galreas,ggaleras,glaeras

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for galeras

Misspelling Variants of "galeras"

agleras7gaelras7galears7galerass8galerras8galersa7galleras8galreas7
Misspelling Variants of "galeras"

Frequency rank: #32,226 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "galeras"?
"galeras" is spelled G-A-L-E-R-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [gaˈleɾas].
What does "galeras" mean?
As a noun, "galeras" means: Pena de remar que se imponía a ciertos delincuentes.
What words are commonly confused with "galeras"?
"galeras" is commonly confused with "galés", "galesa", "galería". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "galeras"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "galeras" is [gaˈleɾas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "galeras" come from?
"galeras" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.