galère
\ɡa.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“galère” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,063. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,063
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vaisseau de forme allongée, allant à rames et à voiles.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,063 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “galère” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around galère (IPA \ɡa.lɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,063 among 194,371 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for galère, with forms such as "aglère", "galere", and "gallère". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gare", "gere", "guère", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is galère, spelled G-A-L-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Vaisseau de forme allongée, allant à rames et à voiles.
- 2(Du Moyen Âge au XVIIIᵉ) Bâtiment long, ponté et de bas bord, équipé de deux mâts et de deux voiles latines, qui allait ordinairement à rames et qui était très utilisé en Méditerranée comme navire de combat ou de commerce.
- 3Peine que subissaient ceux qui étaient condamnés à ramer sur les galères, ou, après la disparition de ces navires, aux travaux forcés.
- 4Lieu, état ou condition où l’on a beaucoup à travailler, à souffrir.
- 5Autrefois, en Espagne, sorte de chariot pour voyager.
- 6Large et lourd râteau aux dents métalliques courbes, que l’on traînait pour ramasser le foin oublié après un premier ramassage.
- 7Meuble représentant le navire du même nom dans les armoiries. Elle est généralement représentée de profil, proue orientée à dextre avec des voiles et parfois des rames quand elle est qualifiée d’antique. Elle se blasonne comme n’importe quel navire. À rapprocher de bateau, drakkar, flobard, gabarot, navire, nef et vaisseau.
- 8Grande varlope de charpentier munie de poignées, manœuvrée par deux ouvriers.
- 9Rabot des facteurs d'orgues.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aglère
- galere
- gallère
- galrèe
- galèer
- galèrre
- gaèlre
- ggalère
- glaère
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of galère - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “galère”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-L-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡa.lɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gare” - see the side-by-side comparison. galère vs gare
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.