guildvsrealityConfusable pair

Which to use

“guild” and “reality” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,788
“guild” frequency rank
#10,922
“reality” frequency rank
49710
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature guild reality
Definition eine Gruppe von Personen, die die gleichen Interessen verfolgen; Gilde, Zunft Realität, Wirklichkeit

Letter map: guild vs reality

Shared letters muted; letters that set guild and reality apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. guild runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against reality's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
guild
7 ch
reality

Corpus notes: guild and reality

guild and reality 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49710, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

guild is recorded at frequency rank #38,788, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. reality is at rank #10,922, 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 49710, this pair ranks #1,201,212 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of guild vs reality

Shared letters: il. Private to "guild": dgu. Private to "reality": aerty.

"guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "reality" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • guild ← gguild · giuld · guidl · guildd · guilld · gulid · ugild
  • reality ← erality · raelity · reailty · realitty · realityy · realiyt · reallity · realtiy

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "guild" and "reality" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "guild" vs "reality" - which ranks higher?
"reality" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,922 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "guild" and "reality".

  • Full dictionary entry for "guild" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reality" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,201,212 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "guild" and "reality" 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 #1,201,212 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