guildvskidsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: guild is a noun, kids is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“guild” is a noun and “kids” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,788
“guild” frequency rank
#4,713
“kids” frequency rank
43501
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature guild kids
Definition eine Gruppe von Personen, die die gleichen Interessen verfolgen; Gilde, Zunft 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kid

Letter map: guild vs kids

Shared letters muted; letters that set guild and kids apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. guild runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against kids's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
guild
4 ch
kids

Grammar separator: guild vs kids

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: guild is anoun and kidsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43501, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

guild is recorded at frequency rank #38,788, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. kids is at rank #4,713, tagged as averb, 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 43501, this pair ranks #1,416,079 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of guild vs kids

Shared letters: di. Private to "guild": glu. Private to "kids": ks.

"guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "kids" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • guildgguild · giuld · guidl · guildd · guilld · gulid · ugild
  • kidsikds · kdis · kidds · kidss · kisd · kkids

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "guild" and "kids" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "guild" is a noun and "kids" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "guild" or "kids" show up more?
"kids" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,713 in our German list, against #38,788 for "guild". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "guild" and "kids". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "guild" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "kids" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,416,079 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "guild" and "kids" 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 #1,416,079 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list