GUS vs gut, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“GUS” is a noun and “gut” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,375
“GUS” frequency rank: #89
“gut” frequency rank: 24464
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	GUS	gut
Definition	Glucuronidase, ein Glykosid	vom Menschen her positiv bewertet, empfunden, gefühlt und dergleichen

Letter map: GUS vs gut

Shared letters muted; letters that set GUS and gut apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch

GUS

3 ch

gut

Role in the sentence - GUS and gut

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: GUS is anoun and gutanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - s in “GUS” becomes t in “gut”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24464, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

GUS is recorded at frequency rank #24,375, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. gut is at rank #89, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡuːt].

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 24464, this pair ranks #1,847,254 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of GUS vs gut

Shared letters: gu. Private to "GUS": s. Private to "gut": t.

"GUS" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "gut" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "GUS" and "gut" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "GUS" is a noun and "gut" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "GUS" vs "gut" - which ranks higher?

"gut" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #89 in our German list, against #24,375 for "GUS". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "GUS" and "gut".

Full dictionary entry for "GUS" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "gut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,847,254 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"GUS" and "gut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "GUS vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,847,254 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.