galoche
\ɡa.lɔʃ\
The verdict
“galoche” is an uncommon French word, ranked #95,943 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #95,943
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de chaussure dont le dessus est de cuir, la semelle de bois. Dans sa forme ancienne, elle se mettait par-dessus les chaussons ou les souliers.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galoche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.lɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,943 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “galoche” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for galoche is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡa.lɔʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #95,943 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
galoche has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is galoche, spelled G-A-L-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de chaussure dont le dessus est de cuir, la semelle de bois. Dans sa forme ancienne, elle se mettait par-dessus les chaussons ou les souliers.
- 2Menton en galoche, menton long, pointu et recourbé.
- 3Nom du billot utilisé dans les jeux de palet appelés jeux de galoche (ou galoche) en Normandie (Jeu de galoche dans la manche) et en Bretagne (galoche Bigoudène).
- 4Poulie de forme longue et plate utilisée sur les voiliers, elle se caractérise par une échancrure dans la partie supérieure permettant de laisser passer la corde.
- 5Jeu de palets, appelé aussi jeu de bouchon.
- 6Baiser, bécot
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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 “galoche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-L-O-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡa.lɔʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.