guide

[ɡid]

/[ɡid]/ noun

The verdict

“guide” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,733. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,733
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Führer, Leitfaden, Ratgeber

Corpus desk

Index DE-guide · guide · German

guide · rank #9,733 · 6 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,733
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH hats

Nearest frequency peer: hats (+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 „guide“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „guide“ 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).

guide vs gute
60% similar
guide vs Guido
60% similar
guide vs Gurke
40% similar

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

Key facts for guide
PropertyValue
Headwordguide
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡid]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,733
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „guide“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).guideliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „hats“ (#9,734), „gewünschte“ (#9,731), „Heilbronn“ (#9,735). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „guide“ bei #9,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around guide (IPA [ɡid]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,733 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Führer, Leitfaden, Ratgeber".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for guide, with forms such as "gguide", "giude", and "gudie". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "gute", "Guido", "Gurke", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is guide, spelled G-U-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Führer, Leitfaden, Ratgeber

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gguide
  • giude
  • gudie
  • guidde
  • guied
  • ugide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guide - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

gguide1giude2gudie2guidde1guied2ugide2
Edit distance from "guide"

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 "guide"?
"guide" is spelled G-U-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡid].
What does "guide" mean?
As a noun, "guide" means: Führer, Leitfaden, Ratgeber
What words are commonly confused with "guide"?
"guide" is commonly confused with "gute", "Guido", "Gurke". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guide" is [ɡid]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guide" come from?
"guide" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list