Which to use
“guía” and “guild” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,345
- “guía” frequency rank
- #47,175
- “guild” frequency rank
- 49520
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guía | guild |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cualquier cosa, material o inmaterial, que sirve para orientarse (indicar la dirección, el camino, la manera corrrecta, etc.). | Gremio. |
Where the eye mixes guía and guild
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: guía vs guild
A purely visual mix-up. guía ([ˈgia]) and guild (/gɪld/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guía is recorded at frequency rank #2,345, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈgia]. guild is at rank #47,175, tagged as anoun, pronounced /gɪld/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 49520, this pair ranks #108,368 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guía vs guild
Shared letters: gu. Private to "guía": aí. Private to "guild": dil.
"guía" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- guild ← gguild · giuld · guidl · guildd · guilld · gulid · ugild
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "guía" for "guild" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "guía" or "guild" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "guía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guild" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,368 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guía" and "guild" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guild vs gulf". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #108,368 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.