galera

//ɡɐ.ˈlɛ.ɾɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,306

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

galera is aPortuguesenoun. It means: antiga embarcação, comprida e estreita, de vela e remos, com dois ou três mastros Pronounced /ɡɐ.ˈlɛ.ɾɐ/. It ranks #5,306 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with garra and galês.

Key facts for galera
PropertyValue
Headwordgalera
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɡɐ.ˈlɛ.ɾɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,306
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of galera in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for galera is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡɐ.ˈlɛ.ɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,306 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for galera, with forms such as "aglera", "gaelra", and "galear". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "garra", "galês", "gaveta", 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is galera, spelled G-A-L-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    antiga embarcação, comprida e estreita, de vela e remos, com dois ou três mastros
  2. 2
    designação genérica das embarcações que têm três mastros armados à redonda
  3. 3
    carroça para transportes de bombeiros, em serviço de incêndios
  4. 4
    carroça de quatro rodas, para transporte de mobília e fardos muito pesados
  5. 5
    forno para fundição
  6. 6
    grupo de pessoas

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aglera,gaelra,galear,galerra,gallera,galrea,ggalera,glaera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for galera

Misspelling Variants of "galera"

aglera6gaelra6galear6galerra7gallera7galrea6ggalera7glaera6
Misspelling Variants of "galera"

Frequency rank: #5,306 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "galera"?
"galera" is spelled G-A-L-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡɐ.ˈlɛ.ɾɐ/.
What does "galera" mean?
As a noun, "galera" means: antiga embarcação, comprida e estreita, de vela e remos, com dois ou três mastros
What words are commonly confused with "galera"?
"galera" is commonly confused with "garra", "galês", "gaveta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "galera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "galera" is /ɡɐ.ˈlɛ.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "galera" come from?
"galera" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.