guilder
/ˈɡɪldə/
"guilder" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“guilder” is uncommon English (frequency #92,669 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,669
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.
Corpus desk
Index EN-guilder · guilder · English
guilder · rank #92,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,669
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH grindhouse
Nearest frequency peer: grindhouse (-4 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “guilder”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- greeny
greeny
7,339 corpus weight
- Grilli
Grilli
7,337 corpus weight
- grindhouse
grindhouse
7,336 corpus weight
- guilder
guilder
7,332 corpus weight
- haematoma
haematoma
7,326 corpus weight
- Haganah
Haganah
7,325 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “guilder” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guilder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɪldə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “guilder” in English
Rare enough to double-check
guilder is uncommon English at frequency #92,669 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡɪldə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for guilder in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle Dutch gulden (“golden”). The correct English form is guilder, spelled G-U-I-L-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.
- 2The former currency unit in Suriname, divided into 100 cents.
- 3The current currency unit in the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how guilder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[N]one ſhall be choſen to be a Commiſſioner in the Court at Amſterdam, vnleſſe he put ſix thouſand gilders ſtocke of his owne in the ſaid Companie; [...]
On the Spuy is a good Dutch Inn, called the Hoff van Utrecht. The Price is a Gilder a Day, or a Shilling for the Dinner only.
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gulden (“golden”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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