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“guts” and “tunnels” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,595
- “guts” frequency rank
- #20,754
- “tunnels” frequency rank
- 51349
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guts | tunnels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs gut | Plural des Substantivs tunnel |
Letter map: guts vs tunnels
Shared letters muted; letters that set guts and tunnels apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. guts runs 4 letters (CVCC) against tunnels's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: guts and tunnels
guts and tunnels 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 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guts is recorded at frequency rank #30,595, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. tunnels is at rank #20,754, 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 51349, this pair ranks #1,138,900 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guts vs tunnels
Shared letters: stu. Private to "guts": g. Private to "tunnels": eln.
"guts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "tunnels" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "guts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tunnels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,138,900 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guts" and "tunnels" 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 #1,138,900 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.