Which to use
“gots” is a verb and “guts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,153
- “gots” frequency rank
- #10,055
- “guts” frequency rank
- 51208
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gots | guts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Has, has got (3rd person singular). | plural of gut |
Letter map: gots vs guts
Shared letters muted; letters that set gots and guts apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. gots and guts follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - gots and guts
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gots is averb and gutsanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - o in “gots” becomes u in “guts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gots is recorded at frequency rank #41,153, classified as averb. guts is at rank #10,055, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɡʌts/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 51208, this pair ranks #167,422 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gots vs guts
Shared letters: gst. Private to "gots": o. Private to "guts": u.
"gots" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "guts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gots" for "guts" ever safe?
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "gots" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #167,422 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gots" and "guts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "goer vs gots". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #167,422 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.