galaxies

\ɡa.lak.si\

/\ɡa.lak.si\/ noun

The verdict

“galaxies” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,872. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,872
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de galaxie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-galaxies · galaxies · French

galaxies · rank #22,872 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,872
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH fusions

Nearest frequency peer: fusions (-1 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 « galaxies »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « galaxies » 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).

galaxies vs galeries
75% similar
galaxies vs Galaxie
75% similar

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

Key facts for galaxies
PropertyValue
Headwordgalaxies
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡa.lak.si\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,872
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « galaxies »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.galaxiesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fusions » (#22,871), « fumes » (#22,870), « fugue » (#22,869). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « galaxies » est au #22,872. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around galaxies (IPA \ɡa.lak.si\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,872 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de galaxie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for galaxies, with forms such as "aglaxies", "gaalxies", and "galaixes". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "galeries", "Galaxie", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is galaxies, spelled G-A-L-A-X-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de galaxie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pour vérifier son intuition, il calcule que, parmi toutes les naines blanches qui dorment par milliards dans les galaxies, il suffit qu’une seule transmute en son cœur le faux vide en vrai vide, qu’une seule supersymétrise son cœur, pour rendre compte du taux mesuré de sursaut gamma.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aglaxies
  • gaalxies
  • galaixes
  • galaxeis
  • galaxiess
  • galaxise
  • galaxxies
  • gallaxies
  • galxaies
  • ggalaxies
  • glaaxies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of galaxies - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aglaxies2gaalxies2galaixes2galaxeis2galaxiess1galaxise2galaxxies1gallaxies1
Edit distance from "galaxies"

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 "galaxies"?
"galaxies" is spelled G-A-L-A-X-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.lak.si\.
What does "galaxies" mean?
As a noun, "galaxies" means: Pluriel de galaxie.
What words are commonly confused with "galaxies"?
"galaxies" is commonly confused with "galeries", "Galaxie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "galaxies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "galaxies" is \ɡa.lak.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "galaxies" come from?
"galaxies" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list