# Guildford

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɡɪlfəd/ · frequency rank #27,861

## Definitions
1. A large town, the county town of Surrey, England.
2. A local government district with borough status in Surrey, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.
3. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
4. A former railway station in Tasmania, Australia.
5. A locality in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
6. A town in the Shire of Mount Alexander and the Shire of Hepburn, central Victoria, Australia
7. A suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, Western Australia.
8. A neighbourhood of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
9. A surname.

## Etymology
The root of the first part may be gold rather than guild: the only known 10th-century (Saxon) record uses Guldeford and in the 11th century Geldeford, both equivalent to gold ford. Local historians suggest that this might refer to golden-coloured flowers or sand.

## Easily confused with
- **Guilford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guildford-vs-guilford)

## Common misspellings (14)
`gguildford`, `giuldford`, `guidlford`, `guilddford`, `guildfford`, `guildfodr`, `guildfordd`, `guildforrd`, `guildfrod`, `guildofrd`, `guilfdord`, `guilldford`, `gulidford`, `ugildford`

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