galeses
[gaˈleses]
The verdict
“galeses” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #43,603 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #43,603
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del masculino plural de galés.
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 | galeses |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [gaˈleses] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,603 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “galeses” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for galeses is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gaˈleses]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,603 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del masculino plural de galés.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for galeses, with forms such as "agleses", "gaelses", and "galeces". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "gases", "galones", "galés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 galeses, spelled G-A-L-E-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del masculino plural de galés.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agleses,gaelses,galeces,galeess,galesess,galesse,galesses,galleses,galsees,ggaleses,glaeses
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of galeses - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “galeses”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-L-E-S-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gaˈleses] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gases” - see the side-by-side comparison. galeses vs gases
- 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.