# gauging

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #41,142

## Definitions
1. Measurement or estimation, with or as if with a gauge.
2. The addition of various materials to lime mortar.
3. A shirring.

## Easily confused with
- **gazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauging-vs-gazing)
- **Gauteng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauging-vs-gauteng)
- **gouging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauging-vs-gouging)
- **Gauguin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauging-vs-gauguin)
- **gaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaming-vs-gauging)
- **gaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-gauging)
- **gating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-gauging)
- **gaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaining-vs-gauging)
- **gasping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gasping-vs-gauging)
- **gagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gagging-vs-gauging)
- **gassing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gassing-vs-gauging)

## Common misspellings (10)
`aguging`, `gaguing`, `gaugging`, `gaugign`, `gaugingg`, `gauginng`, `gaugnig`, `gauigng`, `ggauging`, `guaging`

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