Galapagos
\ɡa.la.pa.ɡos\
The verdict
“Galapagos” is uncommon French (frequency #52,707 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,707
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Archipel de l’Équateur situé dans le nord-est de l’océan Pacifique sud, à 927 kilomètres au large des côtes équatoriennes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Galapagos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.la.pa.ɡos\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,707 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Galapagos” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Galapagos is uncommon French at frequency #52,707 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡa.la.pa.ɡos\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Archipel de l’Équateur situé dans le nord-est de l’océan Pacifique sud, à 927 kilomètres au large des côtes équatoriennes.".
Galapagos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Galapagos, spelled G-A-L-A-P-A-G-O-S.
Definition
- 1Archipel de l’Équateur situé dans le nord-est de l’océan Pacifique sud, à 927 kilomètres au large des côtes équatoriennes.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Galapagos”
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- The one correct French spelling is G-A-L-A-P-A-G-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.