Which to use
“gets” is a verb and “gutes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,773
- “gets” frequency rank
- #793
- “gutes” frequency rank
- 39566
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gets | gutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs get | Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gut |
Letter map: gets vs gutes
Shared letters muted; letters that set gets and gutes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. gets runs 4 letters (CVCC) against gutes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for gets / gutes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gets is averb and gutesanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39566, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gets is recorded at frequency rank #38,773, classified as averb, pronounced […]. gutes is at rank #793, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡuːtəs].
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 39566, this pair ranks #1,533,230 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gets vs gutes
Shared letters: egst. Private to "gets": -. Private to "gutes": u.
"gets" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "gutes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gets" for "gutes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gets" vs "gutes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "gets" and "gutes".
- Full dictionary entry for "gets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,533,230 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gets" and "gutes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gets 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 #1,533,230 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.