# Guelph vs gulch

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Guelph
*noun · IPA /ɡwɛlf/ · frequency rank #33,261*
In the politics of medieval Italian city states, any member of a faction that supported the Pope in a long struggle against the Ghibellines and the Holy Roman Emperor.

### gulch
*verb · IPA /ɡʌlt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #37,953*
To swallow greedily; to gulp down.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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