Galatée
\ɡa.la.te\
The verdict
“Galatée” is uncommon French (frequency #71,540 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,540
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Néréide, nymphe marine de la mythologie grecque, fille de Nérée, dieu marin primitif, et de Doris.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Galatée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.la.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Galatée” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Galatée is uncommon French at frequency #71,540 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡa.la.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Galatée in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Galatée, spelled G-A-L-A-T-É-E.
Definition
- 1Néréide, nymphe marine de la mythologie grecque, fille de Nérée, dieu marin primitif, et de Doris.
- 2Statue d’ivoire créée par Pygmalion, dont il tomba amoureux et qu’Aphrodite anima pour exaucer son vœu d’avoir une épouse « semblable à la statue ».
- 3Type de bergère coquette, inventé par Virgile dans ses Églogues.
- 4Satellite naturel de la planète Neptune.
- 5(74) Galatée, internationalement (74) Galatea, planète mineure.
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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 “Galatée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-L-A-T-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡa.la.te\ (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.