galant

\ɡa.lɑ̃\

/\ɡa.lɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“galant” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,279. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,279
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a des manières d’agir honnêtes et élégantes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-galant · galant · French

galant · rank #22,279 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,279
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH frontaliers

Nearest frequency peer: frontaliers (-2 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « galant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « galant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

galant vs gant
67% similar
galant vs géant
67% similar
galant vs grant
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for galant
PropertyValue
Headwordgalant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡa.lɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,279
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « galant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).galantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « frontaliers » (#22,277), « Gibraltar » (#22,281), « fraudeurs » (#22,276). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « galant » est au #22,279. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around galant (IPA \ɡa.lɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,279 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for galant, with forms such as "aglant", "gaalnt", and "galannt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gant", "géant", "grant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 French form is galant, spelled G-A-L-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a des manières d’agir honnêtes et élégantes.
  2. 2
    Qui se montre particulièrement aimable à l’égard des personnes de l’autre genre, ou, d’une façon générale, qui cherche à plaire à l’autre genre.
  3. 3
    Qui traitent avec complaisance de sujets amoureux.
  4. 4
    Libertin.
  5. 5
    Dont les mœurs sexuelles sont sujettes à l’opprobre.
  6. 6
    Qualifie diverses choses, lorsqu’on les considère comme agréables et élégantes, raffinées dans leur genre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how galant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans la réalité, aussi bien que dans les apparences, il était un parfait galant homme, d’une droiture impeccable, fidèle en amitié, ignorant les roueries habituelles aux politiciens, […].
  2. En galant homme, il commença par le beau sexe et celles de ces malheureuses qui ne se trouvaient pas en règle ; étaient remises aux inspecteurs […].

This word in other languages

gallant(English)galante(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aglant
  • gaalnt
  • galannt
  • galantt
  • galatn
  • galnat
  • ggalant
  • glaant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of galant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aglant2gaalnt2galannt1galantt1galatn2galnat2ggalant1glaant2
Edit distance from "galant"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "galant"?
"galant" is spelled G-A-L-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.lɑ̃\.
What does "galant" mean?
As an adjective, "galant" means: Qui a des manières d’agir honnêtes et élégantes.
What words are commonly confused with "galant"?
"galant" is commonly confused with "gant", "géant", "grant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "galant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "galant" is \ɡa.lɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "galant" come from?
"galant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "galant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gotham#22,284grossi#22,287encens#22,254dévolu#22,249

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

fourrer8 variantsJohanna8 variantsKirby8 variantsmaures8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list