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“Gage” or “Gauge”

Gage is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while gauge is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 0 prefer “gage” and 12 prefer “gauge”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country gage gauge Preference
United States 17 83 “gauge”
United Kingdom 10 90 “gauge”
India 5 95 “gauge”
Philippines 7 93 “gauge”
Canada 24 76 “gauge”
Australia 12 88 “gauge”
Liberia 0 100 “gauge”
Ireland 11 89 “gauge”
New Zealand 11 89 “gauge”
Jamaica 20 80 “gauge”
Trinidad & Tobago 10 90 “gauge”
Guyana 16 84 “gauge”
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“gage”

  • …forge was leased by John Gage to Richard Thorpe, the son…
  • Gage says that taped eyewitness interviews…
  • Gage received his bachelor's degree in…
  • Mark Margolis as Gage
  • Gage Taylor resided in Woodacre, California…
  • Robert Gage, 1972
  • …H8 Club consisting of Nick Gage, Nate Hatred and their manager…
  • …that his mentor, Dr. Declan Gage, had orchestrated the deaths of…
  • Subsequently, Gage was called to rescue the…
  • …this he worked with Christos Gage on Wildcats: World's End.

“gauge”

  • Category:Narrow gauge railroads in Alaska
  • The tidal gauge in Sandy Hook lost power…
  • …to 1945, continued using that gauge.
  • …America Railway, its own narrow gauge railroad for its guests to
  • …12 May, the water level gauge for the reactor was calibrated,…
  • …services throughout the NCC’s broad gauge system in the north-east of
  • One track is dual gauge.
  • …country's active railways use the gauge.
  • In electromagnetism, the Lorenz gauge condition or Lorenz gauge (sometimes…
  • …a branch of the standard gauge North Western Railway

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