Gutsherr
[ˈɡuːt͡sˌhɛʁ]
The verdict
“Gutsherr” is uncommon German (frequency #74,669 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,669
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (männliche) Person, die Inhaber eines landwirtschaftlichen Betriebes (Landgutes) ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gutsherr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡuːt͡sˌhɛʁ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gutsherr” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gutsherr is uncommon German at frequency #74,669 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡuːt͡sˌhɛʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(männliche) Person, die Inhaber eines landwirtschaftlichen Betriebes (Landgutes) ist".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Gutsherr in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gutsherr, spelled G-U-T-S-H-E-R-R.
Definition
- 1(männliche) Person, die Inhaber eines landwirtschaftlichen Betriebes (Landgutes) ist
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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 “Gutsherr”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-U-T-S-H-E-R-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.