Which to use
“gobelet” and “gobelets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,667
- “gobelet” frequency rank
- #32,420
- “gobelets” frequency rank
- 58087
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gobelet | gobelets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vase à boire, rond, sans anse, et ordinairement sans pied, moins large et plus haut qu’une tasse. | Pluriel de gobelet. |
Same sound, different letters: gobelet vs gobelets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: gobelet vs gobelets
This is the hard kind. gobelet and gobelets are pronounced identically (\ɡɔ.blɛ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “gobelet” sits inside “gobelets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58087, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gobelet is recorded at frequency rank #25,667, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔ.blɛ\. gobelets is at rank #32,420, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔ.blɛ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 58087, this pair ranks #111,113 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gobelet vs gobelets
Shared letters: beglot. Private to "gobelet": -. Private to "gobelets": s.
"gobelet" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "gobelets" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gobelet" for "gobelets" ever safe?
Which is more common, "gobelet" or "gobelets"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "gobelet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gobelets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,113 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gobelet" and "gobelets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gobelet vs Gobert". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #111,113 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.