Which to use
“guild” and “gulp” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,923
- “guild” frequency rank
- #31,584
- “gulp” frequency rank
- 39507
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guild | gulp |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | The usual amount swallowed. |
Where the eye mixes guild and gulp
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between guild and gulp
A purely visual mix-up. guild (/ɡɪld/) and gulp (/ɡʌlp/) 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 39507, 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/. gulp is at rank #31,584, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɡʌlp/.
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 39507, this pair ranks #276,037 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guild vs gulp
Shared letters: glu. Private to "guild": di. Private to "gulp": p.
"guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "gulp" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "guild" for "gulp" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "guild" or "gulp" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "guild" and "gulp" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "guild" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gulp" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #276,037 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guild" and "gulp" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "goop vs gulp". 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 #276,037 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.