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“Gages” or “Gauges”

Gages is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while gauges 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 “gages” and 10 prefer “gauges”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country gages gauges Preference
United States 11 89 “gauges”
United Kingdom 8 92 “gauges”
India 5 95 “gauges”
Philippines 9 91 “gauges”
Canada 11 89 “gauges”
Australia 3 97 “gauges”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 5 95 “gauges”
New Zealand 4 96 “gauges”
Jamaica 0 100 “gauges”
Trinidad & Tobago 0 100 “gauges”
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

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

“gages”

  • …forces in Italy by Count Gages.
  • The Comte de Gages, arriving with the Spanish Army…
  • …government maintains three river flow gages on the Penobscot river.
  • …Matilda Joslyn Gage's The Liberal Thinker.
  • Gage's two stories (Crisis in Mid-Life!
  • …Continental Army during the Saratoga campaign.
  • …of a standard system for gages for the United States and
  • …by Joe Gage's own sexual experiences.
  • "General Gage's Confession"
  • Tueur à gages, a crime story inspired by…

“gauges”

  • …and Missouri Rivers, causing river gauges to malfunction along the way.
  • ATA rules specify that shotgun gauges larger than 12 gauge (such…
  • Stream gauges have been operated by the…
  • Glass sight gauges for boiler water level were…
  • …or atop the body), string gauges and pickup design.
  • …a full set of engine gauges (6000 RPM tachometer for 1980,…
  • Snap gauges have been in existence and…
  • Cars without gauges almost always feature wireless telemetry,…
  • …built to suit all track gauges.
  • Force Gauges usually measure pressure in stress…

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