misguide
"misguide" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“misguide” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To guide poorly or incorrectly; to lead astray or into error.
Corpus desk
Index EN-misguide · misguide · English
misguide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | misguide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “misguide” in English
Rare enough to double-check
misguide is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To guide poorly or incorrectly; to lead astray or into error.".
Zero misspellings are on record for misguide in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mis- + guide. The correct English form is misguide, spelled M-I-S-G-U-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1To guide poorly or incorrectly; to lead astray or into error.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how misguide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On the whole it were better to misguide a child in knowledge, which it can remedy later, than to mistone it in feeling, for which there is no remedy. A jarring note implanted in its nature might spoil the music of its life […]
1988, Michael Weikath, "Keeper of the Seven Keys", Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II. Will o' the wisps / Misguiding your path / You can't throw a curse / Without takin' their wrath
Etymology
From mis- + guide.
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.