gallos

/[ˈgaʝos]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,865

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

gallos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de gallo. Pronounced [ˈgaʝos]. Often confused with galo and gatos.

Key facts for gallos
PropertyValue
Headwordgallos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgaʝos]
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,865
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gallos is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgaʝos]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,865 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 plural de gallo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for gallos, with forms such as "agllos", "galloss", and "gallso". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "galo", "gatos", "galón", 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 gallos, spelled G-A-L-L-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de gallo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agllos,galloss,gallso,galols,ggallos,glalos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gallos

Misspelling Variants of "gallos"

agllos6galloss7gallso6galols6ggallos7glalos6
Misspelling Variants of "gallos"

Frequency rank: #16,865 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gallos"?
"gallos" is spelled G-A-L-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgaʝos].
What does "gallos" mean?
As a noun, "gallos" means: Forma del plural de gallo.
What words are commonly confused with "gallos"?
"gallos" is commonly confused with "galo", "gatos", "galón". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gallos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gallos" is [ˈgaʝos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gallos" come from?
"gallos" 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.