Which to use
“guilt” and “gul” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,796
- “guilt” frequency rank
- #34,905
- “gul” frequency rank
- 40701
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guilt | gul |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Responsibility for wrongdoing. | Any medallionlike design on a Central or West Asian rug. |
Letter map: guilt vs gul
Shared letters muted; letters that set guilt and gul apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - guilt / gul
guilt 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 40701, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guilt is recorded at frequency rank #5,796, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɡɪlt/. 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 40701, this pair ranks #265,159 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guilt vs gul
Shared letters: glu. Private to "guilt": it. Private to "gul": -.
"guilt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "gul" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- guilt ← gguilt · giult · guillt · guiltt · guitl · gulit · ugilt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "guilt" for "gul" ever safe?
Which is more common, "guilt" or "gul"?
Useful next steps
Pair "guilt" vs "gul" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "guilt" 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 #265,159 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guilt" 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 #265,159 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.