Which to use
“guild” is a noun and “Lucas” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,788
- “guild” frequency rank
- #7,205
- “Lucas” frequency rank
- 45993
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guild | Lucas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine Gruppe von Personen, die die gleichen Interessen verfolgen; Gilde, Zunft | englischer männlicher Vorname |
Letter map: guild vs Lucas
Shared letters muted; letters that set guild and Lucas apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. guild (CVVCC) and Lucas (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: guild vs Lucas
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: guild is anoun and Lucasaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guild is recorded at frequency rank #38,788, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Lucas is at rank #7,205, tagged as aname, 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 45993, this pair ranks #1,334,160 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guild vs Lucas
Shared letters: lu. Private to "guild": dgi. Private to "Lucas": acs.
"guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "Lucas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "guild" and "Lucas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "guild" or "Lucas" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "guild" and "Lucas".
- Full dictionary entry for "guild" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Lucas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,334,160 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guild" and "Lucas" 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 #1,334,160 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.