Which to use
“godet” and “goulet” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,787
- “godet” frequency rank
- #33,278
- “goulet” frequency rank
- 74065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | godet | goulet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit vase dans lequel on donne à boire aux oiseaux en cage. | Entrée étroite d’un port, d’une rade. |
Where the eye mixes godet and goulet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. godet runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against goulet's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: godet vs goulet
A purely visual mix-up. godet (\ɡɔ.dɛ\) and goulet (\ɡu.lɛ\) 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 74065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
godet is recorded at frequency rank #40,787, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔ.dɛ\. goulet is at rank #33,278, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡu.lɛ\.
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 74065, this pair ranks #38,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of godet vs goulet
Shared letters: egot. Private to "godet": d. Private to "goulet": lu.
"godet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "goulet" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "godet" for "goulet" ever safe?
Frequency check: "godet" vs "goulet" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "godet" and "goulet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "godet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "goulet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "godet" and "goulet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "godet vs gods". 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 #38,374 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.