Which to use
“goujon” and “goulot” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,841
- “goujon” frequency rank
- #38,321
- “goulot” frequency rank
- 76162
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | goujon | goulot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite gouge de sculpteur. | Col d’une bouteille, d’une cruche, ou de tout autre récipient dont l’entrée est étroite. |
Where the eye mixes goujon and goulot
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. goujon and goulot follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between goujon and goulot
A purely visual mix-up. goujon (\ɡu.ʒɔ̃\) and goulot (\ɡu.lo\) 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 76162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
goujon is recorded at frequency rank #37,841, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡu.ʒɔ̃\. goulot is at rank #38,321, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡu.lo\.
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 76162, this pair ranks #31,925 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of goujon vs goulot
Shared letters: gou. Private to "goujon": jn. Private to "goulot": lt.
"goujon" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "goulot" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "goujon" and "goulot" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "goujon" or "goulot"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "goujon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "goulot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,925 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "goujon" and "goulot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gillot vs goulot". 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 #31,925 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.