Which to use
“gousse” and “goûts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,314
- “gousse” frequency rank
- #5,458
- “goûts” frequency rank
- 46772
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gousse | goûts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit sec, dépourvu de cloison, à deux valves, garnies chacune d’une rangée de graines, et avec deux fentes de déhiscence (mot utilisé notamment pour les fruits des légumineuses). | Pluriel de goût. |
Where the eye mixes gousse and goûts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. gousse runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against goûts's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: gousse vs goûts
A purely visual mix-up. gousse (\ɡus\) and goûts (\ɡu\) 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 46772, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gousse is recorded at frequency rank #41,314, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡus\. goûts is at rank #5,458, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡu\.
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 46772, this pair ranks #192,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gousse vs goûts
Shared letters: gos. Private to "gousse": eu. Private to "goûts": tû.
"gousse" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "goûts" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gousse ← ggousse · gosuse · gouse · guosse · ogusse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gousse" for "goûts" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gousse" vs "goûts" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "gousse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "goûts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gousse" and "goûts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gauss vs gousse". 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 #192,207 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.