galga
[ˈgalɣ̞a]
The verdict
“galga” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,413 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,413
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Piedra grande que, arrojada desde lo alto de una cuesta, baja rodando y dando saltos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-galga · galga · Spanish
galga · rank #97,413 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,413
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH garchas
Nearest frequency peer: garchas (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “galga”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- fruits
fruits
2,595 corpus weight
- Fukui
Fukui
2,594 corpus weight
- fálica
fálica
2,591 corpus weight
- galga
galga
2,588 corpus weight
- garchas
garchas
2,587 corpus weight
- geriátricos
geriátricos
2,583 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “galga” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgalɣ̞a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “galga” en español
Rare enough to double-check
galga is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,413 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈgalɣ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for galga, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is galga, spelled G-A-L-G-A.
Definition
- 1Piedra grande que, arrojada desde lo alto de una cuesta, baja rodando y dando saltos.
- 2Hormiga amarilla que anda muy velozmente.
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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