guard

[ɡɑ(ɹ)d]

/[ɡɑ(ɹ)d]/ noun

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The verdict

“guard” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,100
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wache

Corpus desk

Index DE-guard · guard · German

guard · rank #30,100 · 7 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,100
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gruppenspiel

Nearest frequency peer: Gruppenspiel (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „guard“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „guard“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

guard vs Guru
40% similar
guard vs Gurt
40% similar
guard vs guild
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for guard
PropertyValue
Headwordguard
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡɑ(ɹ)d]
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,100
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „guard“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).guardliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Gruppenspiel“ (#30,099), „Gästehaus“ (#30,101), „grundsätzliches“ (#30,098). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „guard“ bei #30,100. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around guard (IPA [ɡɑ(ɹ)d]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,100 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for guard, with forms such as "gaurd", "gguard", and "guadr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Guru", "Gurt", "guild", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is guard, spelled G-U-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wache
  2. 2
    Wachmann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how guard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The prison guard unlocked the door of the cell.
  2. The president inspected the guard of honour.

This word in other languages

garde(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gaurd
  • gguard
  • guadr
  • guardd
  • guarrd
  • gurad
  • ugard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guard - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

gaurd2gguard1guadr2guardd1guarrd1gurad2ugard2
Edit distance from "guard"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guard"?
"guard" is spelled G-U-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡɑ(ɹ)d].
What does "guard" mean?
As a noun, "guard" means: Wache
What words are commonly confused with "guard"?
"guard" is commonly confused with "Guru", "Gurt", "guild". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guard" is [ɡɑ(ɹ)d]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guard" come from?
"guard" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "guard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Halts#30,104intim#30,133Knick#30,149fancy#30,041

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

frommen7 variantsMotel7 variantsBuden7 variantsNullen7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list