Which to use
“goose” and “gousses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,978
- “goose” frequency rank
- #37,843
- “gousses” frequency rank
- 69821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | goose | gousses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Oie. | Pluriel de gousse. |
Same sound, different letters: goose vs gousses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. goose runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against gousses's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: goose vs gousses
This is the hard kind. goose and gousses are pronounced identically (\ɡuːs\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
goose is recorded at frequency rank #31,978, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡuːs\. gousses is at rank #37,843, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡus\.
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 69821, this pair ranks #53,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of goose vs gousses
Shared letters: egos. Private to "goose": -. Private to "gousses": u.
"goose" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "gousses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "goose" for "gousses" ever safe?
Which is more common, "goose" or "gousses"?
Useful next steps
"goose" and "gousses" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "goose" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gousses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "goose" and "gousses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gods vs goose". 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 #53,683 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.