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“Gasses” or “Gases”

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

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country gasses gases Preference
United States 11 89 “gases”
United Kingdom 12 88 “gases”
India 1 99 “gases”
Philippines 6 94 “gases”
Canada 12 88 “gases”
Australia 13 87 “gases”
Liberia 0 100 “gases”
Ireland 9 91 “gases”
New Zealand 15 85 “gases”
Jamaica 6 94 “gases”
Trinidad & Tobago 8 92 “gases”
Guyana 0 100 “gases”
Usage

Examples in context

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

“gasses”

  • …condensable liquids (tar), and uncondensing/permanent gasses.
  • …consumption and emission of green-house gasses.
  • …alkali atoms and any other gasses that may be present.
  • …increase in levels of greenhouse gasses emitted, it is becoming more…
  • …euthanasic institutions supplied with proper gasses.
  • …him safe from his own gasses.
  • …include the emission of greenhouse gasses, a consequence that would also…
  • …divers breath a mixture of gasses which must include oxygen, and…
  • …the rocket was fired propellant gasses were forced through a steel…
  • …hydrometer, an oxy-hydrogen microscope (the gasses providing a bright light-source), a…

“gases”

  • …trains generally emit less greenhouse gases than cars per passenger.
  • …mixture of Ar and hydrogen gases is flown through a tube…
  • Some release hallucinogenic gases, while others emit a specially-created…
  • …of steam and other volcanic gases) that formed during the 1868…
  • …(Noise, Local Air Quality, Greenhouse Gases, Landscape, Townscape, Heritage of Historic…
  • …are formed of dust and gases, becoming visible through different phenomena;…
  • …science of cooking that MAPP gases should be used in preference…
  • …hydrogen, helium, and other "noble" gases (by volume), but generally a…
  • …temperature, pressure, and volume of gases.
  • …the airbox to collect pump gases from the crankcase and the…

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