Which to use
“goujon” and “Guyon” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,841
- “goujon” frequency rank
- #35,073
- “Guyon” frequency rank
- 72914
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | goujon | Guyon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite gouge de sculpteur. | Habitant de La Guyonnière, commune française située dans le département de la Vendée. |
Where the eye mixes goujon and Guyon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: goujon vs Guyon
A purely visual mix-up. goujon (\ɡu.ʒɔ̃\) and Guyon (\ɡɥi.jɔ̃\) 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 72914, 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\. Guyon is at rank #35,073, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɥi.jɔ̃\.
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 72914, this pair ranks #42,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of goujon vs Guyon
Shared letters: gnou. Private to "goujon": j. Private to "Guyon": y.
"goujon" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "Guyon" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "goujon" and "Guyon" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "goujon" or "Guyon"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "goujon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Guyon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "goujon" and "Guyon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gunn vs Guyon". 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 #42,353 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.