Which to use
“guild” and “guiño” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,175
- “guild” frequency rank
- #18,852
- “guiño” frequency rank
- 66027
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guild | guiño |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gremio. | Seña que se hace con el ojo, cerrándolo brevemente, para significar, entre otras cosas, una doble intención. Acción de guiñar. |
Where the eye mixes guild and guiño
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. guild (CVVCC) and guiño (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between guild and guiño
A purely visual mix-up. guild (/gɪld/) and guiño ([ˈgiɲo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66027, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guild is recorded at frequency rank #47,175, classified as anoun, pronounced /gɪld/. guiño is at rank #18,852, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgiɲo].
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 66027, this pair ranks #40,955 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of guild vs guiño
Shared letters: giu. Private to "guild": dl. Private to "guiño": oñ.
"guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "guiño" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- guild ← gguild · giuld · guidl · guildd · guilld · gulid · ugild
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "guild" for "guiño" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "guild" or "guiño" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "guild" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guiño" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,955 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guild" and "guiño" 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 #40,955 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.