gas
/ɡæs/noun, verb, adjective
gas is spelled G-A-S: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 102 times per million words in written English, the 1,048th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gas means “Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gas is gases or gasses.
How many letters and syllables are in gas?
| Letters | 3: G-A-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 102 times per million words; the 1,048th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 gas?
Gas appears 102 times per million words in written English, the 1,048th 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 gas?
- US /ɡæs/
- /ɡɛəs/
- /ɡæz/
Gas 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). Recordings: En-us-gas.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gas?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gas from its last stressed vowel (/æs/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sag.
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 gas
- gases plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- gasses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- gassing participle, present
- gassed participle, past
- gasser comparative
- gassest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gas mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.
- 2
A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
- 3
Poison gas.
The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.
- 4
A chemical element or compound in such a state.
The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.
- 5
A hob on a gas cooker.
She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
- 6
Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
My tummy hurts so bad – I have gas.
- 7
The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
- 8
datedslangA humorous or entertaining event, person, or thing.
- 9
CanadaUSGasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
- 10
Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle.
- 11
An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
gas fee
- 12
slangMarijuana, typically of high quality.
verb
- 1
To attack or kill with poison gas.
The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.
- 2
To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.
- 3
slangTo talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.
- 4
slangTo impose upon by talking boastfully.
- 5
To emit gas.
The battery cell was gassing.
- 6
To impregnate with gas.
to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder
- 7
To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
to gas thread
- 8
USTo increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.
The cops are coming. Gas it!
- 9
USTo fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
adjective
- 1
slangOf high quality.
This food is gas.
- 2
slangComical, zany; fun, amusing.
Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
noun
- 1
Acronym of group A Streptococcus.
- 2
Acronym of general academic strand, a strand under the academic track in senior high school.
- 3
Acronym of gear acquisition syndrome
noun
- 1
plural of Ga
noun
- 1
plural of GA
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gas in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | gaz , marrant , gazer , essence |
| German | Gas , vergasen , Benzin , Blähung , Gas geben , auftanken |
| Portuguese | gás , gasolina , gases , completar |
| Spanish | gas , gasear , gasolina, bencina, nafta , acelerar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does gas come from?
Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).