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gao

adjective

gao is spelled G-A-O: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, gao means “Alternative form of gau” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in gao?

Letters3: G-A-O
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is gao?

Gao appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce gao?

    Gao has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Words people confuse with gao

    Also written: gau.

    Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

    What rhymes with gao?

    No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gao.

    Spelled with the same letters in another order: ago, goa, oga.

    Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

    Forms of gao

    • more gao comparative
    • most gao superlative

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does gao mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      colloquialAlternative form of gau.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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