Guage or gauge?
Did you mean gauge? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: gauge. Misspelling: guage.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
A before U: g-A-U-ge.
Why people write “guage”
The misspelling “guage” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of A and U.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make gauge automatic.
What does “gauge” mean?
gauge noun
- a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
Synonyms:gage
- accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
Synonyms:
- the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
- the thickness of wire
gauge verb
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
“I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds”
Synonyms:estimateapproximateguessjudge
- rub to a uniform size
“gauge bricks”
- determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
“gauge the wine barrels”
- measure precisely and against a standard
“the wire is gauged”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Gauge” in a sentence
- Check the fuel gauge.
- I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds.
- Gauge bricks.
- Gauge the wine barrels.
Is “gauge” a playable word?
7 points in Scrabble · 10 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“guage” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from GAUGE.