gouge
\ɡuʒ\
The verdict
“gouge” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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 […].
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gouge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡuʒ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gouge” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gouge is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡuʒ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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.
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Using “gouge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-O-U-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡuʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.