Which to use
“guild” and “guión” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,175
- “guild” frequency rank
- #7,566
- “guión” frequency rank
- 54741
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guild | guión |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gremio. | Grafía anticuada de guion. |
Where the eye mixes guild and guión
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between guild and guión
A purely visual mix-up. guild (/gɪld/) and guión ([ˈgjõn]) 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 54741, 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/. guión is at rank #7,566, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgjõn].
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 54741, this pair ranks #81,958 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of guild vs guión
Shared letters: giu. Private to "guild": dl. Private to "guión": nó.
"guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "guión" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- guild ← gguild · giuld · guidl · guildd · guilld · gulid · ugild
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "guild" for "guión" ever safe?
Which is more common, "guild" or "guión"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "guild" and "guión" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "guild" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guión" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,958 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guild" and "guión" 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 #81,958 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.