goutter
\ɡu.te\
The verdict
“goutter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S'écouler goutte à goutte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-goutter · goutter · French
goutter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | goutter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡu.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « goutter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
goutter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡu.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for goutter, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is goutter, spelled G-O-U-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1S'écouler goutte à goutte.
- 2Avoir du liquide qui s’échappe goutte à goutte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how goutter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’autant que, gouttant du trottoir dans le caniveau, à l’exacte place où elle avait garé la 205, une flaque de sang s’évadait en rigole discrète.
Aujourd’hui, le suiveur a le nez qui goutte.
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.