galion
\ɡa.ljɔ̃\
The verdict
“galion” is uncommon French (frequency #62,301 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,301
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grand bâtiment de charge que l’Espagne employait autrefois pour transporter en Europe les produits des mines du Pérou, du Mexique, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.ljɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “galion” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
galion is uncommon French at frequency #62,301 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡa.ljɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grand bâtiment de charge que l’Espagne employait autrefois pour transporter en Europe les produits des mines du Pérou, du Mexique, etc.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for galion in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is galion, spelled G-A-L-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Grand bâtiment de charge que l’Espagne employait autrefois pour transporter en Europe les produits des mines du Pérou, du Mexique, etc.
This word in other languages
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 “galion”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-L-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡa.ljɔ̃\ (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.