# Ganges

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɡændʒiːz/ · frequency rank #32,006

## Definitions
1. A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Gangēs, from Ancient Greek Γάγγης (Gángēs), from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gáṅgā, literally “swift-goer”), from the verbal root गम् (gam, “to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to come”) (whence Latin veniō, Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō), and English come). Doublet of Ganga.

## Easily confused with
- **gates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ganges-vs-gates)
- **genes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ganges-vs-genes)
- **gauge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ganges-vs-gauge)
- **gases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ganges-vs-gases)
- **gazes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ganges-vs-gazes)
- **ginger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ganges-vs-ginger)
- **grange** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ganges-vs-grange)
- **granger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ganges-vs-granger)
- **glances** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ganges-vs-glances)
- **gang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-ganges)
- **gage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-ganges)
- **gags** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gags-vs-ganges)
- **games** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/games-vs-ganges)
- **ganga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ganga-vs-ganges)
- **gadget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gadget-vs-ganges)
- **Gaines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaines-vs-ganges)
- **gagged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gagged-vs-ganges)
- **gander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gander-vs-ganges)

## Common misspellings (9)
`agnges`, `gagnes`, `ganegs`, `gangess`, `gangges`, `gangse`, `gannges`, `gganges`, `gnages`

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