guise
/ˈɡaɪz/noun
guise is spelled G-U-I-S-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, guise means “A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of guise is guises.
How many letters and syllables are in guise?
| Letters | 5: G-U-I-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is guise?
Guise appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce guise?
- /ˈɡaɪz/
Guise has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-guise.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with guise
Sounds like: guys (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with guise?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as guise.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: egusi.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of guise
- guises plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- guising participle, present
- guised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does guise mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
- 2
An external appearance in manner or dress; an appropriate indication or expression; a garb; a shape.
- 3
A misleading appearance; a cover, a cloak.
Under the guise of patriotism
verb
- 1
archaicTo dress.
- 2
archaicTo act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Guise in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | apparence , aspect , couvert, prétexte |
| German | Art und Weise, Auftreten , Erscheinung, Gestalt , Deckmantel |
| Portuguese | aparência |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does guise come from?
From Middle English guise, gise, gyse, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *wīsa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, view, behold, perceive”). Cognate with Old High German wīsa (“way, manner”), Old English wīse (“way, manner”), Dutch wijze (“way, manner”). More at wise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).