guild

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The verdict

“guild” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,788. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,788
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Gruppe von Personen, die die gleichen Interessen verfolgen; Gilde, Zunft

Corpus desk

Index DE-guild · guild · German

guild · rank #38,788 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,788
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grünland

Nearest frequency peer: Grünland (-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 „guild“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „guild“ 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).

guild vs Gülle
20% similar
guild vs of
0% similar
guild vs ii
20% similar

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

Key facts for guild
PropertyValue
Headwordguild
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,788
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „guild“

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Grünland“ (#38,787), „Gusseisen“ (#38,789), „gutgeschrieben“ (#38,790). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „guild“ bei #38,788. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around guild (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,788 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 guild, with forms such as "gguild", "giuld", and "guidl". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gülle", "of", "ii", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is guild, spelled G-U-I-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Gruppe von Personen, die die gleichen Interessen verfolgen; Gilde, Zunft
  2. 2
    eine mittelalterliche Vereinigung von Handwwerkern; Gilde, Zunft

Synonyms

associationsociety

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gguild
  • giuld
  • guidl
  • guildd
  • guilld
  • gulid
  • ugild

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guild - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

gguild1giuld2guidl2guildd1guilld1gulid2ugild2
Edit distance from "guild"

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 "guild"?
"guild" is spelled G-U-I-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "guild" mean?
As a noun, "guild" means: eine Gruppe von Personen, die die gleichen Interessen verfolgen; Gilde, Zunft
What words are commonly confused with "guild"?
"guild" is commonly confused with "Gülle", "of", "ii". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guild"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guild" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guild" come from?
"guild" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Hades#38,792Haien#38,794Hindi#38,811Freya#38,752

Similar misspelling depth

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

Einöde7 variantslogic7 variantscesar7 variantsBurma7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list