gutsvsmapsTell them apart

Which to use

“guts” and “maps” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,595
“guts” frequency rank
#9,591
“maps” frequency rank
40186
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature guts maps
Definition Plural des Substantivs gut Plural des Substantivs map

Letter map: guts vs maps

Shared letters muted; letters that set guts and maps apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. guts and maps follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
guts
4 ch
maps

Pair insight - guts / maps

guts and maps 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

guts is recorded at frequency rank #30,595, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. maps is at rank #9,591, 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 40186, this pair ranks #1,515,672 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of guts vs maps

Shared letters: s. Private to "guts": gtu. Private to "maps": amp.

"guts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "maps" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gutsgguts · gtus · gust · gutss · gutts · ugts
  • mapsamps · mapps · mapss · masp · mmaps · mpas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "guts" and "maps" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "guts" vs "maps" - which ranks higher?
"maps" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,591 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "guts" and "maps".

  • Full dictionary entry for "guts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "maps" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,515,672 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "guts" and "maps" 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 #1,515,672 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