goutte

/\ɡut\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,398

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

goutte is aFrenchnoun. It means: Très petite quantité d’un liquide qui se détache avec une forme sphérique. Pronounced \ɡut\. It ranks #6,398 in French word frequency. Often confused with grotte and gratte.

Key facts for goutte
PropertyValue
Headwordgoutte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡut\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,398
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of goutte in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for goutte is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡut\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,398 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for goutte, with forms such as "ggoutte", "gotute", and "goute". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "grotte", "gratte", "gouttes", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is goutte, spelled G-O-U-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Très petite quantité d’un liquide qui se détache avec une forme sphérique.
  2. 2
    Très petite quantité d’un liquide.
  3. 3
    Eau-de-vie.
  4. 4
    Quantité insignifiante.
  5. 5
    Mesure de certaines liqueurs qui s’emploient à très petite dose.
  6. 6
    Certains remèdes liquides qui ne s’administrent ordinairement qu’à très petites doses, à cause de leur énergie.
  7. 7
    Petite partie tirée d’une fonte d’or ou d’argent qu’on remet à l’essayeur pour avoir le rapport du titre.
  8. 8
    Quantité de verre en fusion qui sert de matière à élaborer un objet.
  9. 9
    Petits ornements de forme conique placés dans le plafond de l’ordre dorique ou sous les triglyphes.
  10. 10
    Affection caractérisée par des troubles articulaires, due à l’accumulation de l’acide urique dans l’organisme (hyperuricémie).
  11. 11
    Ruisselet, tout petit ruisseau.
  12. 12
    Meuble dans la forme d'une goutte, hémisphérique vers le bas et pointue vers le haut.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggoutte,gotute,goute,goutet,guotte,ogutte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for goutte

Misspelling Variants of "goutte"

ggoutte7gotute6goute5goutet6guotte6ogutte6
Misspelling Variants of "goutte"

Frequency rank: #6,398 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "goutte"?
"goutte" is spelled G-O-U-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡut\.
What does "goutte" mean?
As a noun, "goutte" means: Très petite quantité d’un liquide qui se détache avec une forme sphérique.
What words are commonly confused with "goutte"?
"goutte" is commonly confused with "grotte", "gratte", "gouttes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "goutte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "goutte" is \ɡut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "goutte" come from?
"goutte" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.