# GB vs GiB

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### GB
*abbrev · frequency rank #5,173*
Gigabyte

### GiB
*abbrev · frequency rank #2,828*
Abkürzung für Gibibyte, 1 GiB = 2³⁰ Byte

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/gb-vs-gib