guys
[ɡaɪz]
The verdict
“guys” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,041. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,041
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs guy
Corpus desk
Index DE-guys · guys · German
guys · rank #26,041 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,041
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gummersbach
Nearest frequency peer: Gummersbach (-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 „guys“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Grundzüge
Grundzüge
73,963 corpus weight
- Gründungsmi…
Gründungsmitglied
73,962 corpus weight
- Gummersbach
Gummersbach
73,961 corpus weight
- guys
guys
73,960 corpus weight
- Gönner
Gönner
73,959 corpus weight
- handwerklic…
handwerkliche
73,958 corpus weight
What this shows „guys“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | guys |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡaɪz] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #26,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „guys“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around guys (IPA [ɡaɪz]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,041 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Plural des Substantivs guy".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for guys, with forms such as "gguys", "gusy", and "guyss". 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, "gs", "gut", "Gas", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is guys, spelled G-U-Y-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs guy
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gguys
- gusy
- guyss
- guyys
- gyus
- ugys
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guys - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "guys", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).