galé
/ɡɐ.ˈlɛ/
The verdict
“galé” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,524 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,524
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galé |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɐ.ˈlɛ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,524 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “galé” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
galé is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,524 among 1,241 “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
- 1embarcação 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
- 2lâmina 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(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.
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Using “galé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-A-L-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.