gobelet

/\ɡɔ.blɛ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,667

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

gobelet is aFrenchnoun. It means: Vase à boire, rond, sans anse, et ordinairement sans pied, moins large et plus haut qu’une tasse. Pronounced \ɡɔ.blɛ\. Often confused with goulet and Gobert.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gobelet in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gobelet is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡɔ.blɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,667 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for gobelet, with forms such as "gboelet", "ggobelet", and "gobbelet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gobelet, spelled G-O-B-E-L-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gboelet,ggobelet,gobbelet,gobeelt,gobelett,gobellet,gobelte,gobleet,goeblet,ogbelet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gobelet

Misspelling Variants of "gobelet"

gboelet7ggobelet8gobbelet8gobeelt7gobelett8gobellet8gobelte7gobleet7
Misspelling Variants of "gobelet"

Frequency rank: #25,667 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.