Which to use
“guess” is a verb and “guts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,615
- “guess” frequency rank
- #30,595
- “guts” frequency rank
- 60210
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guess | guts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mutmaßen, vermuten, erraten | Plural des Substantivs gut |
Letter map: guess vs guts
Shared letters muted; letters that set guess and guts apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for guess / guts
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: guess is averb and gutsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60210, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guess is recorded at frequency rank #29,615, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡɛs]. 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 60210, this pair ranks #795,543 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guess vs guts
Shared letters: gsu. Private to "guess": e. Private to "guts": t.
"guess" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "guts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "guess" and "guts" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "guess" or "guts" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "guess" and "guts".
- Full dictionary entry for "guess" 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 #795,543 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guess" 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 #795,543 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.