# gauss

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡaʊs/ · frequency rank #35,732

## Definitions
1. The unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to 0.0001 tesla.

## Etymology
Named for Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist.

## Easily confused with
- **Gus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-gus)
- **guys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-guys)
- **guns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-guns)
- **guts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-guts)
- **gays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-gays)
- **gums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-gums)
- **gust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-gust)
- **goss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-goss)
- **gush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-gush)
- **guess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-guess)
- **glass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-glass)
- **gross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-gross)
- **grass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-grass)
- **gloss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-gloss)
- **gusts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-gusts)
- **gauze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-gauze)
- **gazes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauss-vs-gazes)
- **gas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gas-vs-gauss)
- **gaps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaps-vs-gauss)
- **gasp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gasp-vs-gauss)

## Common misspellings (5)
`aguss`, `gasus`, `gaus`, `ggauss`, `guass`

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