gutsvslabelsConfusable pair

Quick tell: guts is a noun, labels is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“guts” is a noun and “labels” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,595
“guts” frequency rank
#17,640
“labels” frequency rank
48235
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature guts labels
Definition Plural des Substantivs gut 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs label

Letter map: guts vs labels

Shared letters muted; letters that set guts and labels apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. guts runs 4 letters (CVCC) against labels's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
guts
6 ch
labels

Part-of-speech tell for guts / labels

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: guts is anoun and labelsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48235, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

guts is recorded at frequency rank #30,595, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. labels is at rank #17,640, tagged as averb, 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 48235, this pair ranks #1,255,934 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of guts vs labels

Shared letters: s. Private to "guts": gtu. Private to "labels": abel.

"guts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "labels" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gutsgguts · gtus · gust · gutss · gutts · ugts
  • labelsalbels · labbels · labells · labelss · labesl · lables · laebls · lbaels

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "guts" and "labels" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "guts" is a noun and "labels" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "guts" vs "labels" - which ranks higher?
"labels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,640 in our German list, against #30,595 for "guts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "guts" vs "labels" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "guts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "labels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,255,934 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "guts" and "labels" 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 #1,255,934 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list