guest

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The verdict

“guest” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,160
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gast

Corpus desk

Index DE-guest · guest · German

guest · rank #38,160 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,160
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Halbmond

Nearest frequency peer: Halbmond (+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 „guest“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „guest“ 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).

guest vs gut
60% similar
guest vs GUS
0% similar
guest vs Gurt
40% similar

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

Key facts for guest
PropertyValue
Headwordguest
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,160
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „guest“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.guestliegt 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: „Halbmond“ (#38,161), „gründlicher“ (#38,158), „Handlungsfähigkeit“ (#38,162). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „guest“ bei #38,160. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around guest (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,160 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gast".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for guest, with forms such as "geust", "gguest", and "guesst". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gut", "GUS", "Gurt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is guest, spelled G-U-E-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gast

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Our new guests have arrived.
  2. "All this came as something of a relief to his guest."

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • geust
  • gguest
  • guesst
  • guestt
  • guset
  • ugest

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guest - 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.

geust2gguest1guesst1guestt1guset2ugest2
Edit distance from "guest"

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 "guest"?
"guest" is spelled G-U-E-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "guest" mean?
As a noun, "guest" means: Gast
What words are commonly confused with "guest"?
"guest" is commonly confused with "gut", "GUS", "Gurt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guest"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guest" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guest" come from?
"guest" 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 "guest", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

husch#38,189Hürth#38,191Imame#38,194flugs#38,106

Similar misspelling depth

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

Klaue6 variantslaws6 variantslips6 variantsDahl6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list