Which to use
“guían” is a verb and “guide” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,237
- “guían” frequency rank
- #26,070
- “guide” frequency rank
- 58307
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guían | guide |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de guiar o de guiarse. | Guía. |
Where the eye mixes guían and guide
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: guían vs guide
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: guían is [ˈgiãn] while guide is /gaɪd/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58307, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guían is recorded at frequency rank #32,237, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈgiãn]. guide is at rank #26,070, tagged as anoun, pronounced /gaɪd/.
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 58307, this pair ranks #66,952 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of guían vs guide
Shared letters: gu. Private to "guían": aní. Private to "guide": dei.
"guían" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "guide" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- guide ← gguide · giude · gudie · guidde · guied · ugide
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "guían" for "guide" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "guían" or "guide" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "guían" and "guide" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "guían" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guide" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,952 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guían" and "guide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guan vs guían". 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 #66,952 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.