gobelet

\ɡɔ.blɛ\

/\ɡɔ.blɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“gobelet” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,667. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,667
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vase à boire, rond, sans anse, et ordinairement sans pied, moins large et plus haut qu’une tasse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gobelet · gobelet · French

gobelet · rank #25,667 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,667
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gillet

Nearest frequency peer: gillet (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gobelet »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gobelet » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gobelet vs goulet
71% similar
gobelet vs Gobert
57% similar
gobelet vs gobelets
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gobelet
PropertyValue
Headwordgobelet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɔ.blɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,667
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gobelet »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gobeletse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gillet » (#25,666), « gourmandise » (#25,668), « GIFs » (#25,665). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gobelet » est au #25,667. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gobelet (IPA \ɡɔ.blɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,667 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gobelet, with forms such as "gboelet", "ggobelet", and "gobbelet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "goulet", "Gobert", "gobelets", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gobelet, spelled G-O-B-E-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vase à boire, rond, sans anse, et ordinairement sans pied, moins large et plus haut qu’une tasse.
  2. 2
    Son contenu.
  3. 3
    Ustensile en forme de gobelet à boire, qui servent aux joueurs à jeter les dés à jouer, ou aux escamoteurs pour faire leurs tours.
  4. 4
    Lieu où l’on fournissait le pain, le vin et le fruit pour la bouche du roi et aussi l’ensemble des officiers chargés de cet office.
  5. 5
    Synonyme de nombril de Vénus (espèce de plantes).
  6. 6
    Cristal pyramidal à base hexagonale produit par givrage de la vapeur d’eau.
  7. 7
    Forme de taille de la vigne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gobelet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Oui, je n’ai soif que de vin sans bouquet, dans ce seul gobelet de la cuisine, épais aux lèvres, où ma langue habituée tâtait une bulle soufflée dans le verre grossier.
  2. Sur la couchette au capitonnage écarlate, il y avait deux couvertures et un kodak, et, dans un coin, au fond de la nacelle, un gobelet et une bouteille de champagne vide.

Synonyms

godetverre

This word in other languages

beaker(English)cubilete(Español)Becher(Deutsch)copo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gboelet
  • ggobelet
  • gobbelet
  • gobeelt
  • gobelett
  • gobellet
  • gobelte
  • gobleet
  • goeblet
  • ogbelet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gobelet - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

gboelet2ggobelet1gobbelet1gobeelt2gobelett1gobellet1gobelte2gobleet2
Edit distance from "gobelet"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gobelet"?
"gobelet" is spelled G-O-B-E-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔ.blɛ\.
What does "gobelet" mean?
As a noun, "gobelet" means: Vase à boire, rond, sans anse, et ordinairement sans pied, moins large et plus haut qu’une tasse.
What words are commonly confused with "gobelet"?
"gobelet" is commonly confused with "goulet", "Gobert", "gobelets". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gobelet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gobelet" is \ɡɔ.blɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gobelet" come from?
"gobelet" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gobelet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

générée#25,671gênante#25,672hindous#25,678ignorée#25,685

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

grimpé10 variantsimitant10 variantsEsteban10 variantsenflure10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list