Which to use
“guide” and “guild” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,733
- “guide” frequency rank
- #38,788
- “guild” frequency rank
- 48521
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guide | guild |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Führer, Leitfaden, Ratgeber | eine Gruppe von Personen, die die gleichen Interessen verfolgen; Gilde, Zunft |
Letter map: guide vs guild
Shared letters muted; letters that set guide and guild apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Corpus notes: guide and guild
guide 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 48521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guide is recorded at frequency rank #9,733, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡid]. 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 48521, this pair ranks #1,245,521 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guide vs guild
Shared letters: dgiu. Private to "guide": e. Private to "guild": l.
"guide" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "guide" and "guild" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "guide" or "guild" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "guide" vs "guild" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "guide" 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 #1,245,521 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guide" 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 #1,245,521 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.