Guilford

Name: Guilford, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Guilford” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,667. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,667
frequency rank, English: 2,313
“G” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.

Corpus desk

Index EN-guilford · Guilford · English

Guilford · rank #33,667 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #33,667
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 2,313
PHOTO-FINISH GTS

Nearest frequency peer: GTS (-1 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.

Grimsby

66,337
GTS

66,335
Guilford

66,334
gyro

66,333
Habib

66,332
handsomely

66,331

What this shows “Guilford” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Guilford vs Gifford

75% similar

Guilford vs Guildford

89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Guilford
Property	Value
Headword	Guilford
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#33,667
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Guilford”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Guilfordlands here:

#33,667

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “GTS” (#33,666), “gyro” (#33,668), “Habib” (#33,669). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “Guilford” is #33,667. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Guilford, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,667 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Guilford, with forms such as "gguilford", "giulford", and "guiflord". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Gifford", "Guildford", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: Presumably a variant of Guildford. The correct English form is Guilford, spelled G-U-I-L-F-O-R-D.

Definition

1
A surname.
2
A town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
3
An unincorporated community in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
4
An unincorporated community in Dearborn County, Indiana.
5
A town in Piscataquis County, Maine.
6
An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
7
A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
8
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hill County, Montana.
9
A town in Chenango County, New York.
10
A town in Windham County, Vermont.
11
A college in Greensboro, North Carolina; in full, Guilford College.
12
A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
13
Misspelling of Guildford.

Etymology

Presumably a variant of Guildford.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

gguilford
giulford
guiflord
guilfford
guilfodr
guilfordd
guilforrd
guilfrod
guillford
guilofrd
guliford
ugilford

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Guilford - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Guilford"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Guilford"?

"Guilford" is spelled G-U-I-L-F-O-R-D.

What does "Guilford" mean?

As a proper noun, "Guilford" means: A surname.

What words are commonly confused with "Guilford"?

"Guilford" is commonly confused with "Gifford", "Guildford". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "Guilford"?

Presumably a variant of Guildford. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Guilford", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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