GipsvsgutsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Gips” and “guts” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,273
“Gips” frequency rank
#30,595
“guts” frequency rank
48868
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Gips guts
Definition zu den Sulfaten gehörendes häufiges Mineral (CaSO₄), sowie auch Gestein das vollständig oder zum größten Teil aus diesem Mineral besteht Plural des Substantivs gut

Letter map: Gips vs guts

Shared letters muted; letters that set Gips and guts apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Gips
4 ch
guts

Pair insight - Gips / guts

Gips and guts are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gips is recorded at frequency rank #18,273, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡɪps]. guts is at rank #30,595, 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 48868, this pair ranks #1,232,565 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Gips vs guts

Shared letters: gs. Private to "Gips": ip. Private to "guts": tu.

"Gips" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "guts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Gipsggips · gipps · gipss · gisp · gpis · igps
  • gutsgguts · gtus · gust · gutss · gutts · ugts

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Gips" and "guts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Gips" vs "guts" - which ranks higher?
"Gips" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,273 in our German list, against #30,595 for "guts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Gips" and "guts".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Gips" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "guts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,232,565 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Gips" and "guts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guts 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 #1,232,565 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list