# guild

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɪld/ · frequency rank #7,923

## Definitions
1. 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.
2. A corporation.
3. A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.
4. An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.

## Etymology
From Middle English gilde, from Old Norse gildi (“payment, guild”). Related to geld, yield, yauld.

## Easily confused with
- **gul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guild-vs-gul)
- **gulf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guild-vs-gulf)
- **gull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guild-vs-gull)
- **gulp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guild-vs-gulp)
- **gurl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guild-vs-gurl)
- **guilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guild-vs-guilt)
- **guise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guild-vs-guise)
- **gully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guild-vs-gully)
- **gulls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guild-vs-gulls)
- **guile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guild-vs-guile)
- **guilty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guild-vs-guilty)
- **guilds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guild-vs-guilds)
- **Gil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gil-vs-guild)
- **GUI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gui-vs-guild)
- **gold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gold-vs-guild)
- **grid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grid-vs-guild)
- **gill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gill-vs-guild)
- **Gail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gail-vs-guild)
- **gilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gilt-vs-guild)
- **gila** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gila-vs-guild)

## Common misspellings (7)
`gguild`, `giuld`, `guidl`, `guildd`, `guilld`, `gulid`, `ugild`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/guild