gousses

\ɡus\

/\ɡus\/ noun

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The verdict

“gousses” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,843. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,843
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gousse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gousses · gousses · French

gousses · rank #37,843 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,843
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gould

Nearest frequency peer: gould (-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 « gousses »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gousses » 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).

gousses vs grosses
71% similar
gousses vs gouttes
71% similar
gousses vs grasses
71% similar

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

Key facts for gousses
PropertyValue
Headwordgousses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡus\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,843
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gousses »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.goussesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gould » (#37,842), « gravelines » (#37,844), « goujon » (#37,841). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gousses » est au #37,843. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around gousses (IPA \ɡus\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,843 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de gousse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gousses, with forms such as "ggousses", "gosuses", and "gouses". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "grosses", "gouttes", "grasses", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gousses, spelled G-O-U-S-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de gousse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le grand Rœllinger, chef de haute volée, épicier prodige détenteur d’une stupéfiante « cave à vanille », marie mieux que quiconque ses gousses avec l’improbable.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggousses
  • gosuses
  • gouses
  • gousess
  • goussess
  • goussse
  • guosses
  • ogusses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gousses - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ggousses1gosuses2gouses1gousess2goussess1goussse2guosses2ogusses2
Edit distance from "gousses"

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 "gousses"?
"gousses" is spelled G-O-U-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡus\.
What does "gousses" mean?
As a noun, "gousses" means: Pluriel de gousse.
What words are commonly confused with "gousses"?
"gousses" is commonly confused with "grosses", "gouttes", "grasses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gousses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gousses" is \ɡus\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gousses" come from?
"gousses" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gronder#37,845guillot#37,847hacking#37,851Gendron#37,832

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

goujon8 variantsgasoil8 variantshydre8 variantsGalice8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list