guess

[ɡɛs]

/[ɡɛs]/ verb

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The verdict

“guess” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,615. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,615
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mutmaßen, vermuten, erraten

Corpus desk

Index DE-guess · guess · German

guess · rank #29,615 · 6 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,615
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Haferflocken

Nearest frequency peer: Haferflocken (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „guess“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „guess“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

guess vs GUS
0% similar
guess vs Guss
60% similar
guess vs guys
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for guess
PropertyValue
Headwordguess
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡɛs]
Letters5
Frequency rank#29,615
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „guess“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).guessliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Haferflocken“ (#29,616), „handelnden“ (#29,617), „Harlem“ (#29,618). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „guess“ bei #29,615. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around guess (IPA [ɡɛs]), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,615 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for guess, with forms such as "geuss", "gguess", and "gues". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "GUS", "Guss", "guys", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is guess, spelled G-U-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    mutmaßen, vermuten, erraten
  2. 2
    raten, schließen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how guess appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Her resistance had not injured her with the gentleman, and he was thinking of her with some complacency, when thus accosted by Miss Bingley: "I can guess the subject of your reverie."
  2. I guess there are 536 jellybeans in the jar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • geuss
  • gguess
  • gues
  • gueß
  • guses
  • ugess

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guess - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

geuss2gguess1gues1gueß2guses2ugess2
Edit distance from "guess"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guess"?
"guess" is spelled G-U-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡɛs].
What does "guess" mean?
As a verb, "guess" means: mutmaßen, vermuten, erraten
What words are commonly confused with "guess"?
"guess" is commonly confused with "GUS", "Guss", "guys". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guess"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guess" is [ɡɛs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guess" come from?
"guess" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "guess", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Greiz#29,608Jever#29,645juice#29,649Kanye#29,651

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

ETFs6 variantsBirke6 variantsRitz6 variantsZopf6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list