gurus
/ˈɡʊ.ɹuːz/
"gurus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gurus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,301. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,301
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of guru
Corpus desk
Index EN-gurus · gurus · English
gurus · rank #29,301 · 7 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,301
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Gunther
Nearest frequency peer: Gunther (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “gurus”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- graced
graced
70,706 corpus weight
- Grafton
Grafton
70,705 corpus weight
- Gunther
Gunther
70,701 corpus weight
- gurus
gurus
70,700 corpus weight
- hadith
hadith
70,698 corpus weight
- Hamlin
Hamlin
70,696 corpus weight
What this shows “gurus” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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 | gurus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡʊ.ɹuːz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “gurus”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around gurus (IPA /ˈɡʊ.ɹuːz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,301 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of guru".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gurus, with forms such as "ggurus", "gruus", and "gurrus". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Gus", "guys", "guts", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is gurus, spelled G-U-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1plural of guru
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggurus
- gruus
- gurrus
- gursu
- guruss
- guurs
- ugrus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gurus - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gurus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).