Which to use
“guild” is a noun and “lego” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,788
- “guild” frequency rank
- #11,085
- “lego” frequency rank
- 49873
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guild | lego |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine Gruppe von Personen, die die gleichen Interessen verfolgen; Gilde, Zunft | 1. Person Singular Präsens Aktiv des Verbs legare |
Letter map: guild vs lego
Shared letters muted; letters that set guild and lego apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. guild runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against lego's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: guild vs lego
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: guild is anoun and legoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guild is recorded at frequency rank #38,788, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. lego is at rank #11,085, 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 49873, this pair ranks #1,195,153 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guild vs lego
Shared letters: gl. Private to "guild": diu. Private to "lego": eo.
"guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "lego" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "guild" and "lego" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "guild" vs "lego" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "guild" and "lego". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "guild" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lego" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,195,153 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guild" and "lego" 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 #1,195,153 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.