galé

/ɡɐ.ˈlɛ/

//ɡɐ.ˈlɛ// noun

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The verdict

“galé” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,524 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,524
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - embarcação comprida e estreita, de baixo bordo, com duas velas acessórias, mas impelida basicamente por remos, que foi usado desde a Antiguidade grega até os fins do século XVIII

Corpus desk

Index PT-gale · galé · Portuguese

galé · rank #50,524 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,524
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH gan

Nearest frequency peer: gan (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “galé”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “galé” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for galé
PropertyValue
Headwordgalé
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɡɐ.ˈlɛ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,524
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “galé” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).galécai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “gan” (#50,525), “germe” (#50,528), “Giacomo” (#50,530). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “galé” fica em #50,524. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

galé is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,524 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡɐ.ˈlɛ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for galé in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is galé, spelled G-A-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    embarcação comprida e estreita, de baixo bordo, com duas velas acessórias, mas impelida basicamente por remos, que foi usado desde a Antiguidade grega até os fins do século XVIII
  2. 2
    lâmina retangular, geralmente de metal, com rebordos em três de seus lados, sobre a qual o tipógrafo coloca as linhas que tira do componedor, para formar o granel ou a chapa, ou para fazer a paginação
  3. 3
    (Diacronismo: antigo) pessoa condenada a trabalhos forçados (remar) a bordo dos navios desse nome

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "galé"?
"galé" is spelled G-A-L-É. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡɐ.ˈlɛ/.
What does "galé" mean?
As a noun, "galé" means: embarcação comprida e estreita, de baixo bordo, com duas velas acessórias, mas impelida basicamente por remos, que foi usado desde a Antiguidade grega até os fins do século XVIII
How do you pronounce "galé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "galé" is /ɡɐ.ˈlɛ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "galé" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

eren#50,485jari#50,585divo#50,460leer#50,610

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list