galio
[ˈgaljo]
The verdict
“galio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,893 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,893
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Elemento químico de la tabla periódica, de número atómico 31 y símbolo Ga.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgaljo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “galio” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
galio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,893 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈgaljo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Elemento químico de la tabla periódica, de número atómico 31 y símbolo Ga.".
galio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is galio, spelled G-A-L-I-O.
Definition
- 1Elemento químico de la tabla periódica, de número atómico 31 y símbolo Ga.
This word in other languages
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 “galio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-L-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgaljo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.