gallo

/[ˈgaʝo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,560

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gallo is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Gallus gallus) Macho de la gallina, de distintivo dimorfismo sexual que incluye una cresta roja en la cabeza y espolones en las patas. Suele emitir un sonido (canto) característico generalmente al... Pronounced [ˈgaʝo]. It ranks #7,560 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gato and gano.

Key facts for gallo
PropertyValue
Headwordgallo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgaʝo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,560
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gallo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgaʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,560 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for gallo, with forms such as "agllo", "galol", and "ggallo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gato", "gano", "galo", 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 gallo, spelled G-A-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Gallus gallus) Macho de la gallina, de distintivo dimorfismo sexual que incluye una cresta roja en la cabeza y espolones en las patas. Suele emitir un sonido (canto) característico generalmente al amanecer y al atardecer.
  2. 2
    (Lepidorhombus boscii) Pez pleuronectiforme de unos 20 centímetros de largo, parecido al lenguado.
  3. 3
    Tono agudo de la voz que se emite involuntariamente al cantar o hablar.
  4. 4
    (Gladiolus spp.) cualquiera de unas 260 especies de plantas iridáceas, herbáceas, perennes, que producen llamativas espigas de flores de color blanco a púrpura, y largas hojas lanceoladas a lineales.
  5. 5
    Persona cualquiera.
  6. 6
    Reemplazante de otro trabajador en la industria del salitre.
  7. 7
    Recipiente para orinar sin salir de la cama que usan los enfermos en los hospitales.
  8. 8
    Ropa vieja.
  9. 9
    Parte carnosa eréctil en la vulva de la mujer.
  10. 10
    Pifia o falla poco aparente de un objeto.
  11. 11
    (Zeus faber) Pez comestible de aguas profundas con un cuerpo comprimido lateralmente de color oliva-amarillo que tiene una gran mancha oscura ribeteada de color amarillo en su costado y grandes espinas en la aleta dorsal.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agllo,galol,ggallo,glalo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gallo

Misspelling Variants of "gallo"

agllo5galol5ggallo6glalo5
Misspelling Variants of "gallo"

Frequency rank: #7,560 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gallo"?
"gallo" is spelled G-A-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgaʝo].
What does "gallo" mean?
As a noun, "gallo" means: (Gallus gallus) Macho de la gallina, de distintivo dimorfismo sexual que incluye una cresta roja en la cabeza y espolones en las patas. Suele emitir un sonido (canto) característico generalmente al...
What words are commonly confused with "gallo"?
"gallo" is commonly confused with "gato", "gano", "galo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gallo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gallo" is [ˈgaʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gallo" come from?
"gallo" 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.