gut

/[ɡuːt]/ adj

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#89

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gut is anGermanadj. It means: vom Menschen her positiv bewertet, empfunden, gefühlt und dergleichen Pronounced [ɡuːt]. It ranks #89 in German word frequency. Often confused with GV and gz.

Key facts for gut
PropertyValue
Headwordgut
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ɡuːt]
Letters3
Frequency rank#89
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gut in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gut is 3 letters long, classified as anadj, 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for gut in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GV", "gz", "guy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is gut, spelled G-U-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    vom Menschen her positiv bewertet, empfunden, gefühlt und dergleichen
  2. 2
    vom Menschen her positiv bewertet, empfunden, gefühlt und dergleichen
  3. 3
    vom Menschen her positiv bewertet, empfunden, gefühlt und dergleichen
  4. 4
    eine Schulnote
  5. 5
    eine Schulnote
  6. 6
    eine Schulnote
  7. 7
    mit Zahl- oder Maßangaben: reichlich bemessen, etwas mehr als angegeben
  8. 8
    jemandem freundlich gesinnt, jemandem zugetan
  9. 9
    für besonders feierliche Anlässe gedacht
  10. 10
    ohne größere Mühen zu erledigen, leicht machbar

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Frequency rank: #89 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gut"?
"gut" is spelled G-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡuːt].
What does "gut" mean?
As an adj, "gut" means: vom Menschen her positiv bewertet, empfunden, gefühlt und dergleichen
What words are commonly confused with "gut"?
"gut" is commonly confused with "GV", "gz", "guy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gut" is [ɡuːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gut" come from?
"gut" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.