gouge
\ɡuʒ\
The verdict
“gouge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Outil de fer, fait en forme de demi-canal, avec un manche de bois, à l’usage de différentes professions: sculpteurs, tourneurs, plombiers, menuisiers, charpentiers, jardiniers […].
Corpus desk
Index FR-gouge · gouge · French
gouge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | gouge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡuʒ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gouge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡuʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for gouge in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gouge, spelled G-O-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1Outil de fer, fait en forme de demi-canal, avec un manche de bois, à l’usage de différentes professions: sculpteurs, tourneurs, plombiers, menuisiers, charpentiers, jardiniers […].
- 2Tranchet courbe pour creuser les talons des souliers.
- 3Outil pour couper l’excédant des tuiles molles dont on construit le four du glacier.
- 4Ciseau à tranchant demi-circulaire employé pour l’ablation des exostoses.
- 5On met deux gouges à tous les ressorts d’une serrure, pour les faire sortir autant qu’on le désire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gouge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Armé du hacheret, du bédane et de la gouge, la varlope à la main, je règne, à mon établi, sur le chêne noueux et le noyer poli.
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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.