gutsvsyou'reWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: guts is a noun, you're is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“guts” is a noun and “you're” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,595
“guts” frequency rank
#15,006
“you're” frequency rank
45601
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature guts you're
Definition Plural des Substantivs gut „you are, 2. Person Singular:“ du bist

Letter map: guts vs you're

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

4 ch
guts
6 ch
you're

Role in the sentence - guts and you're

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: guts is anoun and you'reanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

guts is recorded at frequency rank #30,595, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. you're is at rank #15,006, tagged as anabbrev, 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 45601, this pair ranks #1,347,511 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of guts vs you're

Shared letters: u. Private to "guts": gst. Private to "you're": eory.

"guts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "you're" · 5 letters · shape VVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gutsgguts · gtus · gust · gutss · gutts · ugts

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "guts" and "you're" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "guts" is a noun and "you're" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "guts" vs "you're" - which ranks higher?
"you're" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,006 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "guts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "you're" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,347,511 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "guts" and "you're" 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 #1,347,511 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