godetvsgoûtWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“godet” and “goût” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,787
“godet” frequency rank
#1,293
“goût” frequency rank
42080
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature godet goût
Definition Petit vase dans lequel on donne à boire aux oiseaux en cage. Celui des cinq sens par lequel on discerne les saveurs.

Where the eye mixes godet and goût

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. godet runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against goût's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
godet
4 ch
goût

Look-alike desk: godet vs goût

A purely visual mix-up. godet (\ɡɔ.dɛ\) and goût (\ɡu\) 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 42080, 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\. goût is at rank #1,293, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡu\.

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 42080, this pair ranks #228,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of godet vs goût

Shared letters: got. Private to "godet": de. Private to "goût": û.

"godet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "goût" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • godet ← gdoet · ggodet · goddet · godett · godte · goedt · ogdet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "godet" and "goût" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɡɔ.dɛ\ versus \ɡu\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "godet" or "goût"?
"goût" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,293 in our French list, against #40,787 for "godet". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "godet" and "goût" 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 "goût" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #228,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "godet" and "goût" 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 #228,378 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list