guilde
\ɡild\
The verdict
“guilde” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #12,791 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,791
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Au Moyen Âge en Europe, corporation de personnes, en général des artisans, des marchands ou des artistes, partageant et promouvant des intérêts communs.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guilde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡild\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guilde” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for guilde is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡild\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,791 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for guilde, with forms such as "gguilde", "giulde", and "guidle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "guise", "guinée", "Guilhem", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is guilde, spelled G-U-I-L-D-E.
Definition
- 1Au Moyen Âge en Europe, corporation de personnes, en général des artisans, des marchands ou des artistes, partageant et promouvant des intérêts communs.
- 2Association privée présentant des avantages particuliers à ses membres ou visant à promouvoir un objectif particulier.
- 3Communauté de joueurs, notamment pour les jeux de rôle en ligne massivement multijoueurs.
- 4Ensemble d’espèces appartenant à un même groupe taxonomique ou fonctionnel qui exploitent une ressource commune de la même manière en même temps.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gguilde,giulde,guidle,guildde,guiled,guillde,gulide,ugilde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guilde - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “guilde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-U-I-L-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡild\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “guise” - see the side-by-side comparison. guilde vs guise
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.