Which to use
“guts” and “lily” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,595
- “guts” frequency rank
- #19,638
- “lily” frequency rank
- 50233
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guts | lily |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs gut | die Lilie |
Letter map: guts vs lily
Shared letters muted; letters that set guts and lily apart highlighted. No shared letter run. guts (CVCC) and lily (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Corpus notes: guts and lily
guts and lily are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guts is recorded at frequency rank #30,595, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. lily is at rank #19,638, 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 50233, this pair ranks #1,181,482 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guts vs lily
Shared letters: none. Private to "guts": gstu. Private to "lily": ily.
"guts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "lily" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "guts" and "lily" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "guts" or "lily"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "guts" and "lily".
- Full dictionary entry for "guts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lily" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,181,482 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guts" and "lily" 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 #1,181,482 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.