Which to use
“guides” is a noun and “which” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,409
- “guides” frequency rank
- #12,204
- “which” frequency rank
- 51613
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guides | which |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs guide | welche? |
Letter map: guides vs which
Shared letters muted; letters that set guides and which apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. guides runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against which's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - guides and which
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: guides is anoun and whichapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51613, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guides is recorded at frequency rank #39,409, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. which is at rank #12,204, tagged as apron, 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 51613, this pair ranks #1,128,813 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guides vs which
Shared letters: i. Private to "guides": degsu. Private to "which": chw.
"guides" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "which" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "guides" for "which" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "guides" or "which" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "guides" vs "which" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "guides" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "which" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,128,813 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guides" and "which" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guides 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 #1,128,813 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.