# Gaya

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #36,575

## Definitions
1. A Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period.
2. The presumed language of the Gaya confederacy.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 가야 (gaya).

## Easily confused with
- **guy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-guy)
- **gym** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gym)
- **GTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gta)
- **GPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gpa)
- **Goa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-goa)
- **gma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gma)
- **Gia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gia)
- **Gaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gaz)
- **GSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gsa)
- **GYN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gyn)
- **GBA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gba)
- **guys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-guys)
- **gray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gray)
- **Gaza** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gaza)
- **gays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gays)
- **gaze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gaze)
- **gina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gina)
- **Gaye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gaye)
- **Gita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gita)
- **gila** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaya-vs-gila)

## Common misspellings (5)
`agya`, `gaay`, `gayya`, `ggaya`, `gyaa`

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