Which to use
“geil” is an adjective and “guild” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,729
- “geil” frequency rank
- #38,788
- “guild” frequency rank
- 40517
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | geil | guild |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | auf sexuelle Weise erregt, sexuell fordernd, jemanden sexuell attraktiv findend | eine Gruppe von Personen, die die gleichen Interessen verfolgen; Gilde, Zunft |
Letter map: geil vs guild
Shared letters muted; letters that set geil and guild apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. geil runs 4 letters (CVVC) against guild's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: geil vs guild
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: geil is anadjective and guildanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40517, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
geil is recorded at frequency rank #1,729, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡaɪ̯l]. guild is at rank #38,788, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 40517, this pair ranks #1,506,154 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of geil vs guild
Shared letters: gil. Private to "geil": e. Private to "guild": du.
"geil" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "geil" and "guild" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "geil" or "guild" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "geil" vs "guild" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "geil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guild" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,506,154 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "geil" and "guild" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guild vs puzzles". 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 #1,506,154 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.