gutsvsnotenWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#30,595
“guts” frequency rank
#5,014
“noten” frequency rank
35609
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature guts noten
Definition Plural des Substantivs gut Nominativ Singular bestimmte Form des Substantivs not

Letter map: guts vs noten

Shared letters muted; letters that set guts and noten apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. guts runs 4 letters (CVCC) against noten's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
guts
5 ch
noten

Corpus notes: guts and noten

guts and noten 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

guts is recorded at frequency rank #30,595, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. noten is at rank #5,014, 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 35609, this pair ranks #1,635,897 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of guts vs noten

Shared letters: t. Private to "guts": gsu. Private to "noten": eno.

"guts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "noten" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gutsgguts · gtus · gust · gutss · gutts · ugts
  • notennnoten · noetn · notenn · notne · notten · ntoen · onten

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "guts" and "noten" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "guts" vs "noten" - which ranks higher?
"noten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,014 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

You've compared "guts" and "noten". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "guts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "noten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,635,897 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "guts" and "noten" 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 #1,635,897 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