gouttelette
\ɡu.tlɛt\
The verdict
“gouttelette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite goutte de quelque liquide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gouttelette · gouttelette · French
gouttelette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gouttelette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡu.tlɛt\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gouttelette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gouttelette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡu.tlɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for gouttelette in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gouttelette, spelled G-O-U-T-T-E-L-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Petite goutte de quelque liquide.
- 2Postillon, c'est-à-dire gouttelette de salive que l’on projette en parlant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gouttelette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le ciel sans lune et sans nuages tenait suspendues dans sa profondeur sombre des gouttelettes de lumière, presque toutes blanches comme le diamant, auxquelles se mêlaient pourtant çà et là des gouttelettes de lumière rouge ou bleue.
Elle s’est éclipsée ; elle est revenue, tiède et savonneuse ; puis, toute fraîche, la figure rosissante, essuyant des gouttelettes d’eau.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.