gas

[ˈgas]

/[ˈgas]/ noun

The verdict

“gas” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,636) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,636
frequency rank, Spanish
1,728
“G” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sustancia con movilidad molecular perfecta y la propiedad de expansión ilimitada, en oposición a los sólidos y líquidos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-gas · gas · Spanish

gas · rank #1,636 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,636
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,728
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fuertes

Nearest frequency peer: Fuertes (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “gas”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “gas” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gas vs go
33% similar
gas vs gr
33% similar
gas vs ge
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gas
PropertyValue
Headwordgas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgas]
Letters3
Frequency rank#1,636
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “gas”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).gascae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Fuertes” (#1,635), “grave” (#1,637), “distribución” (#1,634). Entre 1,728 lemas con “G”, “gas” va en #1,636. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for gas is neighbouring look-alikes ("go", "gr", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈgas]. Frequency #1,636 among 1,728 “G” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

gas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "go", "gr", "ge", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is gas, spelled G-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sustancia con movilidad molecular perfecta y la propiedad de expansión ilimitada, en oposición a los sólidos y líquidos.
  2. 2
    Cualquier fluido o mezcla de fluidos gaseosos₁.
  3. 3
    Por antonomasia, los que se emplean como carburante en industria o para las cocinas domésticas.
  4. 4
    Por antonomasia, los que se producen en el sistema digestivo como subproducto de la digestión.

Synonyms

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gas"?
"gas" is spelled G-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgas].
What does "gas" mean?
As a noun, "gas" means: Sustancia con movilidad molecular perfecta y la propiedad de expansión ilimitada, en oposición a los sólidos y líquidos.
What words are commonly confused with "gas"?
"gas" is commonly confused with "go", "gr", "ge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gas" is [ˈgas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gas" come from?
"gas" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list