Which to use
“guten” and “gütig” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #330
- “guten” frequency rank
- #36,974
- “gütig” frequency rank
- 37304
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guten | gütig |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gut | jemandem freundlich gesinnt |
Where the eye mixes guten and gütig
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. guten and gütig follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: guten vs gütig
A purely visual mix-up. guten ([ˈɡuːtn̩]) and gütig ([ˈɡyːtɪç]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guten is recorded at frequency rank #330, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡuːtn̩]. gütig is at rank #36,974, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡyːtɪç].
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 37304, this pair ranks #1,593,670 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of guten vs gütig
Shared letters: gt. Private to "guten": enu. Private to "gütig": iü.
"guten" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "gütig" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- guten ← gguten · gtuen · guetn · gutenn · gutne · gutten · ugten
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "guten" and "gütig" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "guten" or "gütig"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "guten" and "gütig" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "guten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gütig" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,593,670 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guten" and "gütig" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gotik vs gütig". 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 #1,593,670 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.