galês

/ɡa.ˈlejs/

//ɡa.ˈlejs// adj

The verdict

“galês” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,652. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,652
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - do País de Gales

Corpus desk

Index PT-gales · galês · Portuguese

galês · rank #22,652 · 7 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,652
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH government

Nearest frequency peer: government (+4 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “galês”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “galês” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

galês vs gás
40% similar
galês vs galo
60% similar
galês vs gole
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for galês
PropertyValue
Headwordgalês
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ɡa.ˈlejs/
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,652
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “galês”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).galêscai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “government” (#22,656), “fanatismo” (#22,645), “gun” (#22,665). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “galês” fica em #22,652. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around galês (IPA /ɡa.ˈlejs/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,652 among 521 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "do País de Gales".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for galês, with forms such as "aglês", "gallês", and "galsê". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "gás", "galo", "gole", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is galês, spelled G-A-L-Ê-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    do País de Gales

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aglês
  • gallês
  • galsê
  • galêss
  • gaêls
  • ggalês
  • glaês

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of galês - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aglês2gallês1galsê2galêss1gaêls2ggalês1glaês2
Edit distance from "galês"

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 "galês"?
"galês" is spelled G-A-L-Ê-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡa.ˈlejs/.
What does "galês" mean?
As an adjective, "galês" means: do País de Gales
What words are commonly confused with "galês"?
"galês" is commonly confused with "gás", "galo", "gole". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "galês"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "galês" is /ɡa.ˈlejs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "galês" come from?
"galês" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list