gusset
/ˈɡʌsɪt/
"gusset" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gusset” is an uncommon English word, ranked #87,343 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #87,343
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gusset |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡʌsɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gusset” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for gusset is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡʌsɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #87,343 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
gusset has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”). The correct English form is gusset, spelled G-U-S-S-E-T.
Definition
- 1A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
- 2A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.
- 3A kind of bracket, or angular part, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; especially, the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.
- 4An ordinary on a coat of arms, resembling a gusset (see usage notes).
- 5A large flat metal piece wider than the valley to help prevent build-up at the base of the valley, either from debris or ice dam formations.
- 6An intercellular space at an angle where more than two cells meet.
Etymology
From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”).
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “gusset”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-U-S-S-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.