Which to use
“gut” is an adjective and “guts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #89
- “gut” frequency rank
- #30,595
- “guts” frequency rank
- 30684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gut | guts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | vom Menschen her positiv bewertet, empfunden, gefühlt und dergleichen | Plural des Substantivs gut |
Letter map: gut vs guts
Shared letters muted; letters that set gut and guts apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - gut and guts
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gut is anadjective and gutsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “gut” sits inside “guts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gut is recorded at frequency rank #89, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡuːt]. 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 30684, this pair ranks #1,743,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gut vs guts
Shared letters: gtu. Private to "gut": -. Private to "guts": s.
"gut" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "guts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- guts ← gguts · gtus · gust · gutss · gutts · ugts
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gut" for "guts" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "gut" or "guts" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "gut" vs "guts" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "gut" 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 #1,743,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gut" 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 #1,743,061 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.