gut feeling
"gut-feeling" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gut feeling” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An instinct or intuition; an immediate or basic feeling or reaction without a logical rationale.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gut-feeling · gut feeling · English
gut feeling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gut feeling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gut feeling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gut feeling is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An instinct or intuition; an immediate or basic feeling or reaction without a logical rationale.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gut feeling in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is gut feeling, spelled G-U-T- -F-E-E-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1An instinct or intuition; an immediate or basic feeling or reaction without a logical rationale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gut feeling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Don't think too hard about the answers to a personality test; just go with your gut feeling.
Houston had a gut feeling he was being followed, so he hurried to his car.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.