guíe
[ˈgie]
The verdict
“guíe” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #32,238) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #32,238
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de guiar o de guiarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-guie · guíe · Spanish
guíe · rank #32,238 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,238
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH guían
Nearest frequency peer: guían (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “guíe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- groserías
groserías
67,767 corpus weight
- ground
ground
67,766 corpus weight
- guían
guían
67,764 corpus weight
- guíe
guíe
67,763 corpus weight
- hachas
hachas
67,762 corpus weight
- herb
herb
67,759 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “guíe” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guíe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈgie] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #32,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “guíe” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for guíe is neighbouring look-alikes ("guy", "Gus", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ˈgie]. Frequency #32,238 among 1,728 “G” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for guíe, with forms such as "gguíe", "gueí", and "gíue". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "guy", "Gus", "gun", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is guíe, spelled G-U-Í-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de guiar o de guiarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de guiar o de guiarse.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de guiar o del imperativo negativo de guiarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gguíe
- gueí
- gíue
- ugíe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guíe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "guíe" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "guy". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #32,238 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.