gau
/ɡaʊ/noun, adjective
gau is spelled G-A-U: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gau means “A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gau is gaus or gaue.
How many letters and syllables are in gau?
| Letters | 3: G-A-U |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,063rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is gau?
Gau appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd 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 gau?
- /ɡaʊ/
As an adjective (“Strong (used as a modifier after kopi (“coffee”))”): [k˭aʊ˨].
Gau 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gau.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with gau
Also written: gao.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of gau
- gaus plural
- ghau
- gao
- kau
- gaue plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gau mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item.
- 2
District, region.
- 3
Alternative form of jow (“a pre-metric unit of length in India”).
adjective
- 1
colloquialStrong (used as a modifier after kopi (“coffee”)).
Kopi Gau
- 2
colloquialThick; having a strong or overwhelming flavour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).