Which to use
“Glied” and “guild” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,168
- “Glied” frequency rank
- #38,788
- “guild” frequency rank
- 54956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Glied | guild |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ein verbundenes Teil oder Stück - allgemein: Teil eines Ganzen | eine Gruppe von Personen, die die gleichen Interessen verfolgen; Gilde, Zunft |
Letter map: Glied vs guild
Shared letters muted; letters that set Glied and guild apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - Glied / guild
Glied and guild are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Glied is recorded at frequency rank #16,168, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡliːt]. 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 54956, this pair ranks #998,329 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Glied vs guild
Shared letters: dgil. Private to "Glied": e. Private to "guild": u.
"Glied" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Glied" and "guild" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Glied" or "guild" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Glied" and "guild".
- Full dictionary entry for "Glied" 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 #998,329 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Glied" 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 #998,329 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.