goguenot
\ɡɔɡ(ə).no\
The verdict
“goguenot” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pot de chambre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-goguenot · goguenot · French
goguenot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goguenot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɔɡ(ə).no\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
goguenot is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɔɡ(ə).no\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for goguenot, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is goguenot, spelled G-O-G-U-E-N-O-T.
Definition
- 1Pot de chambre.
- 2Latrines.
- 3Personne qui dans les prisons était chargée de nettoyer les cellules et de vider les latrines.
- 4Pot à cidre, (parfois godeneau).
- 5Cônes en poterie qui servent à maintenir de proche en proche un bétonnage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how goguenot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il note du reste que la fameuse propreté japonaise est toute relative; il a pénétré dans des régions où la saleté, les mauvaises odeurs, la vermine et les toiles dʼaraignées, voire les émanations du goguenot régnaient en maîtresses.
Celle-ci se composait pour l'essentiel de vinasse, de moisissure et d'humidité, lui révéla son nez, mais il s'y mêlait aussi de vagues effluves de goguenots, plus quelque chose comme un relent de cimetière.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.