Gaza
/ˈɡɑː.zə/
"gaza" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gaza” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,040 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #8,040
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gaza |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɑː.zə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gaza” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Gaza is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡɑː.zə/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,040 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gaza, with forms such as "agza", "gaaz", and "gazza". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GTA", "GPA", "Goa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Gaza, from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), from Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (ʿazzā ~ ġazzā). The Greek form of the Septuagint reflects the older Hebrew pronunciation with /ɣ~ʁ/, a phoneme that later merged with /ʕ/. The correct English form is Gaza, spelled G-A-Z-A.
Definition
- 1A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City.
- 2A governorate of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, around the city.
- 3Ellipsis of the Gaza Strip: a region of Palestine, a north–south strip of land bordering the Mediterranean and the Sinai Peninsula at the southwestern end of the Levant.
- 4Ellipsis of Wadi Gaza: a wadi, a valley in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Etymology
From Latin Gaza, from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), from Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (ʿazzā ~ ġazzā). The Greek form of the Septuagint reflects the older Hebrew pronunciation with /ɣ~ʁ/, a phoneme that later merged with /ʕ/.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agza,gaaz,gazza,ggaza,gzaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gaza - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Gaza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-A-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡɑː.zə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “GTA” - see the side-by-side comparison. Gaza vs GTA
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.