Which to use
“gode” and “gourde” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,024
- “gode” frequency rank
- #26,747
- “gourde” frequency rank
- 52771
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gode | gourde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Godemichet. | Plante de la famille des cucurbitacées. |
Where the eye mixes gode and gourde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses gode with gourde
A purely visual mix-up. gode (\ɡɔd\) and gourde (\ɡuʁd\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52771, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gode is recorded at frequency rank #26,024, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔd\. gourde is at rank #26,747, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡuʁd\.
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 52771, this pair ranks #145,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gode vs gourde
Shared letters: dego. Private to "gode": -. Private to "gourde": ru.
"gode" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "gourde" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gode" and "gourde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "gode" or "gourde" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "gode" and "gourde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gode" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gourde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gode" and "gourde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glue vs gode". 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 #145,411 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.