Which to use
“grills” and “guilds” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,420
- “grills” frequency rank
- #26,102
- “guilds” frequency rank
- 58522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grills | guilds |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of grill | plural of guild |
Where the eye mixes grills and guilds
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: grills vs guilds
A purely visual mix-up. grills (/ɡɹɪlz/) and guilds (/ɡɪldz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grills is recorded at frequency rank #32,420, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɡɹɪlz/. guilds is at rank #26,102, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɡɪldz/.
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 58522, this pair ranks #111,986 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grills vs guilds
Shared letters: gils. Private to "grills": r. Private to "guilds": du.
"grills" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "guilds" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grills" and "guilds" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "grills" or "guilds" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "grills" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guilds" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,986 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grills" and "guilds" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grills vs grimly". 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 #111,986 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.