guiled

/ɡaɪld/

//ɡaɪld// verb

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"guiled" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“guiled” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of guile

Key facts for guiled
PropertyValue
Headwordguiled
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɡaɪld/
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “guiled” sits in English frequency

guiled falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

guiled is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ɡaɪld/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of guile".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for guiled, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is guiled, spelled G-U-I-L-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of guile

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guiled"?
"guiled" is spelled G-U-I-L-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡaɪld/.
What does "guiled" mean?
As a verb, "guiled" means: simple past and past participle of guile
How do you pronounce "guiled"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guiled" is /ɡaɪld/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guiled" come from?
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Using “guiled”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is G-U-I-L-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ɡaɪld/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list