# gigabit vs gigabyte

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### gigabit
*noun · IPA /ˈɡɪɡəbɪt/ · frequency rank #36,579*
One billion (10⁹, or 1,000,000,000) bits or 1,000 megabits.

### gigabyte
*noun · IPA /ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/ · frequency rank #44,223*
One billion (10⁹, or 1,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 megabytes.

## Source
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