# gut

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡʌt/ · frequency rank #6,915

## Definitions
1. The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
2. The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged.
3. The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
4. A person's emotional, visceral self.
5. A class that is not demanding or challenging.
6. A narrow passage of water.
7. The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.

## Etymology
From Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Old English gutt (usually in plural guttas (“guts, entrails”)), from Proto-Germanic *gut-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Related to English gote (“drain”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour”). More at gote, yote.
The verb is from Middle English gutten, gotten (“to gut”).

## Easily confused with
- **guy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gut-vs-guy)
- **gym** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gut-vs-gym)
- **GYN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gut-vs-gyn)
- **guys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gut-vs-guys)
- **guts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gut-vs-guts)
- **gutsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gut-vs-gutsy)
- **g** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/g-vs-gut)
- **go** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/go-vs-gut)
- **GM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gm-vs-gut)
- **Ga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ga-vs-gut)
- **GB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gb-vs-gut)
- **GF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gf-vs-gut)
- **GP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gp-vs-gut)
- **ge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ge-vs-gut)
- **gi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gi-vs-gut)
- **GS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gs-vs-gut)
- **GC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gc-vs-gut)
- **GR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gr-vs-gut)
- **gg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gg-vs-gut)
- **GL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gut)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gut