# Gaul vs GPU

> 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.

### GPU
*noun · frequency rank #21,810*
Initialism of graphics processing unit (an electronic circuit dedicated to generating graphics and displaying images).

## Source
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