Gaus
[ɡaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“Gaus” is uncommon German (frequency #53,710 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,710
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gau
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gaus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡaʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gaus” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gaus is uncommon German at frequency #53,710 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡaʊ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gau".
Gaus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gaus, spelled G-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gau
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Gaus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-A-U-S - 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.