galette

\ɡa.lɛt\

/\ɡa.lɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“galette” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,630. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,630
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gâteau rond et plat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-galette · galette · French

galette · rank #16,630 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,630
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH fribourg

Nearest frequency peer: fribourg (-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 « galette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « galette » 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).

galette vs gazette
86% similar
galette vs Ginette
57% similar
galette vs galettes
88% similar

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

Key facts for galette
PropertyValue
Headwordgalette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡa.lɛt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,630
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « galette »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).galettese 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 « fribourg » (#16,629), « gaming » (#16,631), « frappent » (#16,628). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « galette » est au #16,630. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around galette (IPA \ɡa.lɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,630 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for galette, with forms such as "aglette", "gaeltte", and "galete". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "gazette", "Ginette", "galettes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is galette, spelled G-A-L-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gâteau rond et plat.
  2. 2
    Crêpe épaisse, souvent à la farine de blé noir (sarrasin).
  3. 3
    Argent.
  4. 4
    Vomi.
  5. 5
    Coiffe de chasseur alpin.
  6. 6
    Coiffure spéciale de certains corps de troupes.
  7. 7
    Nom donné par certains au crack (la drogue).
  8. 8
    Crème glacée placée entre deux gaufrettes (similaire au corte en Espagne).
  9. 9
    Gaufrette.
  10. 10
    Sorte de pain.
  11. 11
    Disque.
  12. 12
    Disque optique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sans rien dire, je découvris ma boîte de biscuit, et je constatai la disparition de plusieurs galettes… Mon factotum n’avait pu résister à la tentation et m’en avait volé cinq ou six.
  2. La harka savait nomadiser. Dix fois plus mobile qu’une troupe métropolitaine, plus souple, elle pouvait rester en opération trois ou quatre jours avec une galette de pain et trois boîtes de sardines.

Synonyms

galetoncrêpe de blé noiroseilleblé

This word in other languages

pie(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aglette
  • gaeltte
  • galete
  • galetet
  • gallette
  • galtete
  • ggalette
  • glaette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of galette - 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.

aglette2gaeltte2galete1galetet2gallette1galtete2ggalette1glaette2
Edit distance from "galette"

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 "galette"?
"galette" is spelled G-A-L-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.lɛt\.
What does "galette" mean?
As a noun, "galette" means: Gâteau rond et plat.
What words are commonly confused with "galette"?
"galette" is commonly confused with "gazette", "Ginette", "galettes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "galette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "galette" is \ɡa.lɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "galette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

forçant#16,627Estelle#16,613initier#16,650initiés#16,651

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

forage8 variantsFloyd8 variantsfight8 variantsFatima8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list