gallitos
[gaˈʝit̪os]
The verdict
“gallitos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,358 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,358
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de gallito.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gallitos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gaˈʝit̪os] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gallitos” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gallitos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,358 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [gaˈʝit̪os]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de gallito.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gallitos in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is gallitos, spelled G-A-L-L-I-T-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de gallito.
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 “gallitos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-L-L-I-T-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gaˈʝit̪os] (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.