Which to use
“guesses” and “guests” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,101
- “guesses” frequency rank
- #3,495
- “guests” frequency rank
- 25596
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guesses | guests |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of guess | plural of guest |
Where the eye mixes guesses and guests
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. guesses runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against guests's 6 (CVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between guesses and guests
A purely visual mix-up. guesses (/ˈɡɛsɪz/) and guests (/ɡɛsts/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guesses is recorded at frequency rank #22,101, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡɛsɪz/. guests is at rank #3,495, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɡɛsts/.
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 25596, this pair ranks #393,073 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guesses vs guests
Shared letters: egsu. Private to "guesses": -. Private to "guests": t.
"guesses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "guests" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "guesses" and "guests" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "guesses" or "guests" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "guesses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guests" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,073 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guesses" and "guests" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guests vs Guetta". 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 #393,073 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.