# gaol vs Gaza

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### gaol
*noun · IPA /d͡ʒeɪl/ · frequency rank #35,310*
Dated spelling of jail.

### Gaza
*name · IPA /ˈɡɑː.zə/ · frequency rank #8,040*
A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaol-vs-gaza