Which to use
“GUS” is a noun and “gute” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,375
- “GUS” frequency rank
- #226
- “gute” frequency rank
- 24601
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | GUS | gute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Glucuronidase, ein Glykosid | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gut |
Letter map: GUS vs gute
Shared letters muted; letters that set GUS and gute apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for GUS / gute
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: GUS is anoun and guteanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
GUS is recorded at frequency rank #24,375, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. gute is at rank #226, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡuːtə].
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 24601, this pair ranks #1,845,320 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of GUS vs gute
Shared letters: gu. Private to "GUS": s. Private to "gute": et.
"GUS" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "gute" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- gute ← ggute · gtue · guet · gutte · ugte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "GUS" for "gute" ever safe?
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "GUS" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,845,320 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "GUS" and "gute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "GUS 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 #1,845,320 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.