galeries

\ɡal.ʁi\

/\ɡal.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“galeries” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,570. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,570
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-galeries · galeries · French

galeries · rank #7,570 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,570
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH frein

Nearest frequency peer: frein (-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 « galeries »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « galeries » 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).

galeries vs galettes
75% similar
galeries vs garderies
78% similar
galeries vs galère
63% similar

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

Key facts for galeries
PropertyValue
Headwordgaleries
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡal.ʁi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,570
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « galeries »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.galeriesse 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 « frein » (#7,569), « formant » (#7,568), « GPS » (#7,572). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « galeries » est au #7,570. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around galeries (IPA \ɡal.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,570 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de galerie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for galeries, with forms such as "agleries", "gaelries", and "galeires". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "galettes", "garderies", "galère", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is galeries, spelled G-A-L-E-R-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de galerie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les travaux ont surtout consisté à désennoyer un puits et à remettre en état les galeries et le matériel, 15 ouvriers ont été employés.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agleries
  • gaelries
  • galeires
  • galereis
  • galeriess
  • galerise
  • galerries
  • galleries
  • galreies
  • ggaleries
  • glaeries

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agleries2gaelries2galeires2galereis2galeriess1galerise2galerries1galleries1
Edit distance from "galeries"

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 "galeries"?
"galeries" is spelled G-A-L-E-R-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡal.ʁi\.
What does "galeries" mean?
As a noun, "galeries" means: Pluriel de galerie.
What words are commonly confused with "galeries"?
"galeries" is commonly confused with "galettes", "garderies", "galère". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "galeries"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "galeries" is \ɡal.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "galeries" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

feraient#7,564immigrés#7,577imposant#7,578imprimer#7,579

Similar misspelling depth

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

formant11 variantsgrammaire11 variantsFlandre11 variantsentrevue11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list