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.
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
- guts ← gguts · gtus · gust · gutss · gutts · ugts
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "guts" and "you're" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "guts" vs "you're" - which ranks higher?
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.