# gang

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɡæŋ/ · frequency rank #2,999

## Definitions
1. To go; walk; proceed.

## Etymology
From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangan, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step, walk”).
Cognate with Scots gang (“to go on foot, walk”), Swedish gånga (“to walk, go”), Faroese ganga (“to walk”), Icelandic ganga (“to walk, go”), Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas). Ultimately related to Etymology 2, which see below.

## Easily confused with
- **gg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gg)
- **gas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gas)
- **gun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gun)
- **Gay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gay)
- **gap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gap)
- **gig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gig)
- **gin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gin)
- **GAO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gao)
- **GNU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gnu)
- **gar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gar)
- **Gaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gaz)
- **gat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gat)
- **GGG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-ggg)
- **GYN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gyn)
- **gnc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gnc)
- **GHG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-ghg)
- **gog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gog)
- **gave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gave)
- **gone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gone)
- **guns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-guns)

## Common misspellings (6)
`agng`, `gagn`, `gangg`, `ganng`, `ggang`, `gnag`

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