guildvsguisoWhich spelling fits?

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“guild” and “guiso” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,175
“guild” frequency rank
#18,556
“guiso” frequency rank
65731
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature guild guiso
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Where the eye mixes guild and guiso

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
guild
5 ch
guiso

Visual trap between guild and guiso

A purely visual mix-up. guild (/gɪld/) and guiso ([ˈgiso]) 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 65731, 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/. guiso is at rank #18,556, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgiso].

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 65731, this pair ranks #41,764 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of guild vs guiso

Shared letters: giu. Private to "guild": dl. Private to "guiso": os.

"guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "guiso" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • guildgguild · giuld · guidl · guildd · guilld · gulid · ugild
  • guisogguiso · giuso · guios · guisso · gusio · ugiso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "guild" and "guiso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/gɪld/ versus [ˈgiso]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "guild" or "guiso" show up more?
"guiso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,556 in our Spanish list, against #47,175 for "guild". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "guild" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "guiso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,764 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "guild" and "guiso" 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 #41,764 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list