gut
[ɡuːt]
The verdict
“gut” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #89 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #89
- frequency rank, German
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vom Menschen her positiv bewertet, empfunden, gefühlt und dergleichen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡuːt] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #89 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gut” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for gut is 3 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡuːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #89 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gut, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GV", "gz", "guy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is gut, spelled G-U-T.
Definition
- 1vom Menschen her positiv bewertet, empfunden, gefühlt und dergleichen
- 2vom Menschen her positiv bewertet, empfunden, gefühlt und dergleichen
- 3vom Menschen her positiv bewertet, empfunden, gefühlt und dergleichen
- 4eine Schulnote
- 5eine Schulnote
- 6eine Schulnote
- 7mit Zahl- oder Maßangaben: reichlich bemessen, etwas mehr als angegeben
- 8jemandem freundlich gesinnt, jemandem zugetan
- 9für besonders feierliche Anlässe gedacht
- 10ohne größere Mühen zu erledigen, leicht machbar
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “gut”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡuːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “GV” - see the side-by-side comparison. gut vs GV
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.