Which to use
“goulet” and “goulot” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,278
- “goulet” frequency rank
- #38,321
- “goulot” frequency rank
- 71599
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | goulet | goulot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Entrée étroite d’un port, d’une rade. | Col d’une bouteille, d’une cruche, ou de tout autre récipient dont l’entrée est étroite. |
Where the eye mixes goulet and goulot
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. goulet and goulot follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: goulet vs goulot
A purely visual mix-up. goulet (\ɡu.lɛ\) 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 differ by a single letter - e in “goulet” becomes o in “goulot”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71599, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
goulet is recorded at frequency rank #33,278, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡu.lɛ\. 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 71599, this pair ranks #47,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of goulet vs goulot
Shared letters: glotu. Private to "goulet": e. Private to "goulot": -.
"goulet" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "goulot" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "goulet" and "goulot" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "goulet" or "goulot" show up more?
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 "goulet" 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 #47,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "goulet" 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 #47,002 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.