goûteux
\ɡu.tø\
The verdict
“goûteux” is uncommon French (frequency #60,832 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,832
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante, dans l’orthographe traditionnelle, de gouteux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gouteux · goûteux · French
goûteux · rank #60,832 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,832
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gourmandises
Nearest frequency peer: gourmandises (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « goûteux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gombo
gombo
39,172 corpus weight
- goro
goro
39,171 corpus weight
- gourmandises
gourmandises
39,170 corpus weight
- goûteux
goûteux
39,169 corpus weight
- granola
granola
39,168 corpus weight
- greffons
greffons
39,166 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « goûteux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goûteux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡu.tø\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « goûteux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
goûteux is uncommon French at frequency #60,832 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡu.tø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante, dans l’orthographe traditionnelle, de gouteux.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for goûteux, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is goûteux, spelled G-O-Û-T-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Variante, dans l’orthographe traditionnelle, de gouteux.
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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