Which to use
“guild” and “hospital” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,788
- “guild” frequency rank
- #12,309
- “hospital” frequency rank
- 51097
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guild | hospital |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine Gruppe von Personen, die die gleichen Interessen verfolgen; Gilde, Zunft | größeres Gebäude oder Gebäudekomplex mit einer medizinischen Einrichtung, in dem Krankheiten, Leiden oder körperliche Schäden bei Menschen festgestellt und jene durch stationäre oder ambulante Behandlung geheilt oder gelindert sowie Geburtshilfe und Sterbebegleitung geleistet werden |
Letter map: guild vs hospital
Shared letters muted; letters that set guild and hospital apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. guild runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against hospital's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - guild / hospital
guild and hospital 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 differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guild is recorded at frequency rank #38,788, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. hospital is at rank #12,309, 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 51097, this pair ranks #1,148,602 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guild vs hospital
Shared letters: il. Private to "guild": dgu. Private to "hospital": ahopst.
"guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "hospital" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "guild" and "hospital" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "guild" or "hospital"?
What to do next
You've compared "guild" and "hospital". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "guild" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hospital" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,148,602 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guild" and "hospital" 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 #1,148,602 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.