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“gober” and “gouter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,714
- “gober” frequency rank
- #29,370
- “gouter” frequency rank
- 63084
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gober | gouter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Avaler en aspirant, sans mâcher (en particulier : une huître, un œuf cru). | Exercer le sens du gout sur ce qui a de la saveur. |
Where the eye mixes gober and gouter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: gober vs gouter
A purely visual mix-up. gober (\ɡɔ.be\) and gouter (\ɡu.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gober is recorded at frequency rank #33,714, classified as averb, pronounced \ɡɔ.be\. gouter is at rank #29,370, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɡu.te\.
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 63084, this pair ranks #83,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gober vs gouter
Shared letters: egor. Private to "gober": b. Private to "gouter": tu.
"gober" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "gouter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gober" and "gouter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "gober" or "gouter" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "gober" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gouter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gober" and "gouter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gober vs Gruber". 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 #83,793 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.