Which to use
“gommer” and “gouter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,550
- “gommer” frequency rank
- #29,370
- “gouter” frequency rank
- 63920
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gommer | gouter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Effacer un écrit au moyen d’une gomme | Exercer le sens du gout sur ce qui a de la saveur. |
Where the eye mixes gommer and gouter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between gommer and gouter
A purely visual mix-up. gommer (\ɡɔ.me\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63920, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gommer is recorded at frequency rank #34,550, classified as averb, pronounced \ɡɔ.me\. 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 63920, this pair ranks #79,531 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gommer vs gouter
Shared letters: egor. Private to "gommer": m. Private to "gouter": tu.
"gommer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "gouter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gommer" and "gouter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "gommer" or "gouter" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "gommer" 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 #79,531 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gommer" and "gouter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gouter 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 #79,531 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.