Which to use
“guió” is a verb and “gula” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,068
- “guió” frequency rank
- #40,329
- “gula” frequency rank
- 75397
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guió | gula |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Grafía alternativa de guio. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de guiar o de guiarse. | Exceso en la comida o bebida, y apetito desordenado de comer y beber. |
Where the eye mixes guió and gula
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: guió vs gula
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: guió is [ˈgjo] while gula is [ˈgula]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 75397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guió is recorded at frequency rank #35,068, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈgjo]. gula is at rank #40,329, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgula].
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 75397, this pair ranks #19,624 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of guió vs gula
Shared letters: gu. Private to "guió": ió. Private to "gula": al.
"guió" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "gula" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- gula ← ggula · glua · gual · gulla · ugla
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "guió" and "gula" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "guió" or "gula" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "guió" and "gula" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "guió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gula" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,624 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guió" and "gula" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guan vs gula". 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 #19,624 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.