goût
\ɡu\
The verdict
“goût” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,293 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,293
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui des cinq sens par lequel on discerne les saveurs.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goût |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡu\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “goût” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for goût is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡu\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,293 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for goût, with forms such as "ggoût", "gotû", and "gout". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GT", "guy", "gun", and more, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is goût, spelled G-O-Û-T.
Definition
- 1Celui des cinq sens par lequel on discerne les saveurs.
- 2Saveur.
- 3Odeur.
- 4Appétence des aliments, plaisir qu’on trouve à boire et à manger.
- 5Faculté de sentir, de discerner les beautés et les défauts qui se trouvent dans les ouvrages d’esprit, dans les productions des arts.
- 6Sentiment agréable ou avantageux qu’on a de quelque chose.
- 7Attrait qui porte vers certaines choses et du plaisir qu’on y trouve.
- 8Inclination qu’on a pour certaines personnes.
- 9Manière dont une chose est faite, caractère particulier de quelque ouvrage.
- 10Manière propre à un artiste, de la manière d’une école, et du caractère général d’un siècle.
- 11Bon goût ; agrément ; grâce ; élégance.
- 12Propriété ; caractéristique.
- 13Se dit de la manière la plus élégante d’interpréter une œuvre musicale, notamment dans les sections d’improvisation comme les cadences.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggoût,gotû,gout,goûtt,gûot,ogût
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of goût - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “goût”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-O-Û-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡu\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “GT” - see the side-by-side comparison. goût vs GT
- 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.