goûts

\ɡu\

/\ɡu\/ noun

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The verdict

“goûts” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,458. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,458
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-gouts · goûts · French

goûts · rank #5,458 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,458
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gendarmerie

Nearest frequency peer: gendarmerie (-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 « goûts »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « goûts » 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).

goûts vs gus
40% similar
goûts vs gut
40% similar
goûts vs guys
40% similar

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

Key facts for goûts
PropertyValue
Headwordgoûts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡu\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,458
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « goûts »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.goûtsse 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 « gendarmerie » (#5,457), « généreux » (#5,459), « FIFA » (#5,456). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « goûts » est au #5,458. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around goûts (IPA \ɡu\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,458 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de goût.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for goûts, with forms such as "ggoûts", "gotûs", and "gouts". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gus", "gut", "guys", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is goûts, spelled G-O-Û-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de goût.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vous pouvez alléguer que mon peu de fortune autant que mes goûts m’interdisent de porter des bagatelles qui ne conviennent qu’à des reines ou à des courtisanes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggoûts
  • gotûs
  • gouts
  • goûst
  • goûtss
  • goûtts
  • gûots
  • ogûts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of goûts - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ggoûts1gotûs2gouts1goûst2goûtss1goûtts1gûots2ogûts2
Edit distance from "goûts"

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 "goûts"?
"goûts" is spelled G-O-Û-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡu\.
What does "goûts" mean?
As a noun, "goûts" means: Pluriel de goût.
What words are commonly confused with "goûts"?
"goûts" is commonly confused with "gus", "gut", "guys". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "goûts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "goûts" is \ɡu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "goûts" come from?
"goûts" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

idiot#5,463joues#5,471kilos#5,472Dijon#5,443

Similar misspelling depth

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

intime8 variantsjaloux8 variantsdouter8 variantsmoulin8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list