guilde

\ɡild\

/\ɡild\/ noun

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The verdict

“guilde” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,791
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au Moyen Âge en Europe, corporation de personnes, en général des artisans, des marchands ou des artistes, partageant et promouvant des intérêts communs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guilde · guilde · French

guilde · rank #12,791 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,791
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grossir

Nearest frequency peer: grossir (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « guilde »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « guilde » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

guilde vs guise
67% similar
guilde vs guinée
67% similar
guilde vs Guilhem
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for guilde
PropertyValue
Headwordguilde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡild\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,791
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « guilde »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).guildese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « grossir » (#12,790), « géopolitique » (#12,792), « gouverneurs » (#12,789). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « guilde » est au #12,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around guilde (IPA \ɡild\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,791 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Au Moyen Âge en Europe, corporation de personnes, en général des artisans, des marchands ou des artistes, partageant et promouvant des intérêts communs.
  2. 2
    Association privée présentant des avantages particuliers à ses membres ou visant à promouvoir un objectif particulier.
  3. 3
    Communauté de joueurs, notamment pour les jeux de rôle en ligne massivement multijoueurs.
  4. 4
    Ensemble d’espèces appartenant à un même groupe taxonomique ou fonctionnel qui exploitent une ressource commune de la même manière en même temps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how guilde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tandis que la guerre et la peste font éclater les cadres féodaux, ceux de la guilde et de la corporation deviennent, eux aussi, trop étroits.
  2. Grâce à la guilde du livre, dont je suis adhérent, j'ai pu acheter cet ouvrage à tarif préférentiel.

Synonyms

confrériecorporation

This word in other languages

guild(English)germanía(Español)Gilde(Deutsch)

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.

gguilde1giulde2guidle2guildde1guiled2guillde1gulide2ugilde2
Edit distance from "guilde"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guilde"?
"guilde" is spelled G-U-I-L-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡild\.
What does "guilde" mean?
As a noun, "guilde" means: Au Moyen Âge en Europe, corporation de personnes, en général des artisans, des marchands ou des artistes, partageant et promouvant des intérêts communs.
What words are commonly confused with "guilde"?
"guilde" is commonly confused with "guise", "guinée", "Guilhem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guilde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guilde" is \ɡild\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guilde" come from?
"guilde" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "guilde", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fermez#12,783Edmond#12,775Murphy#12,820Museum#12,821

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

gouffre8 variantsNadine8 variantsbuenos8 variantsboxeur8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list