# guess

> German word · Verb · IPA [ɡɛs] · frequency rank #29,615

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

## Easily confused with
- **GUS** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/guess-vs-gus)
- **Guss** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/guess-vs-guss)
- **guys** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/guess-vs-guys)
- **guts** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/guess-vs-guts)
- **guns** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/guess-vs-guns)
- **gutes** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/guess-vs-gutes)
- **Gunst** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/guess-vs-gunst)
- **guest** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/guess-vs-guest)
- **goes** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/goes-vs-guess)
- **goss** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/goss-vs-guess)
- **gens** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/gens-vs-guess)
- **gets** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/gets-vs-guess)
- **geis** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/geis-vs-guess)
- **Gleis** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/gleis-vs-guess)
- **grass** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/grass-vs-guess)
- **glass** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/glass-vs-guess)
- **Greis** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/greis-vs-guess)

## Common misspellings (6)
`geuss`, `gguess`, `gues`, `gueß`, `guses`, `ugess`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/guess