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“guild” and “gul” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,923
- “guild” frequency rank
- #34,905
- “gul” frequency rank
- 42828
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guild | gul |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages, established to oversee and protect their specific commercial interests and to provide mutual aid. | Any medallionlike design on a Central or West Asian rug. |
Letter map: guild vs gul
Shared letters muted; letters that set guild and gul apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Corpus notes: guild and gul
guild and gul are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42828, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guild is recorded at frequency rank #7,923, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɡɪld/. gul is at rank #34,905, tagged as anoun.
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 42828, this pair ranks #245,735 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guild vs gul
Shared letters: glu. Private to "guild": di. Private to "gul": -.
"guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "gul" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- guild ← gguild · giuld · guidl · guildd · guilld · gulid · ugild
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "guild" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gul" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #245,735 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guild" and "gul" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gib vs gul". 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 #245,735 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.