gouter

Name: gouter, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɡu.te\

/\ɡu.te\/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“gouter” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,370. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,370
frequency rank, French: 2,617
“G” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exercer le sens du gout sur ce qui a de la saveur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gouter · gouter · French

gouter · rank #29,370 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

FREQ-MID #29,370
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 2,617
PHOTO-FINISH Gosselin

Nearest frequency peer: Gosselin (-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.

gamelle

70,634
garants

70,633
Gosselin

70,632
gouter

70,631
griffith

70,630
grosseur

70,629

What this shows « gouter » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gouter vs goûts

50% similar

gouter vs goutte

67% similar

gouter vs goûtez

67% similar

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

Key facts for gouter
Property	Value
Headword	gouter
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\ɡu.te\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#29,370
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	15
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gouter »

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

#29,370

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Gosselin » (#29,369), « griffith » (#29,371), « garants » (#29,368). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gouter » est au #29,370. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around gouter (IPA \ɡu.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,370 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gouter, with forms such as "ggouter", "gotuer", and "gouetr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "goûts", "goutte", "goûtez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gouter, spelled G-O-U-T-E-R.

Definition

1
Exercer le sens du gout sur ce qui a de la saveur.
2
Déguster une petite quantité d’un aliment afin d’en apprécier la saveur.
3
Convenir en parlant du gout, de la saveur.
4
Faire une nouvelle expérience.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Je gouterai ta tarte demain.
J'ai gouté un tiramisu fameux hier.

This word in other languages

taste(English)probar(Español)schmecken(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ggouter
gotuer
gouetr
gouterr
goutre
goutter
guoter
oguter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gouter - 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.

Edit distance from "gouter"

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 "gouter"?

"gouter" is spelled G-O-U-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡu.te\.

What does "gouter" mean?

As a verb, "gouter" means: Exercer le sens du gout sur ce qui a de la saveur.

What words are commonly confused with "gouter"?

"gouter" is commonly confused with "goûts", "goutte", "goûtez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "gouter"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gouter" is \ɡu.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "gouter" come from?

"gouter" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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