Which to use
“evil” is an adjective and “guest” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,620
- “evil” frequency rank
- #38,160
- “guest” frequency rank
- 53780
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | evil | guest |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | böse | Gast |
Letter map: evil vs guest
Shared letters muted; letters that set evil and guest apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. evil runs 4 letters (VCVC) against guest's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - evil and guest
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: evil is anadjective and guestanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53780, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
evil is recorded at frequency rank #15,620, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. guest is at rank #38,160, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 53780, this pair ranks #1,044,508 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of evil vs guest
Shared letters: e. Private to "evil": ilv. Private to "guest": gstu.
"evil" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "guest" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "evil" and "guest" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "evil" or "guest" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "evil" vs "guest" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "evil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guest" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,044,508 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "evil" and "guest" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guest vs puzzles". 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 #1,044,508 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.