# Gaul vs gays

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Gaul
*name · IPA /ɡɔːl/ · frequency rank #28,216*
A historical region of Western Europe referring to areas occupied by Celts during Roman times, roughly corresponding to modern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy (Lombardy), the Netherlands, and Germany west of the Rhine.

### gays
*noun · IPA /ɡeɪz/ · frequency rank #11,218*
plural of gay

## Source
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