guildes

\ɡild\

/\ɡild\/ noun

The verdict

“guildes” is uncommon French (frequency #50,870 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,870
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de guilde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guildes · guildes · French

guildes · rank #50,870 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,870
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH guadeloupéen

Nearest frequency peer: guadeloupéen (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « guildes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « guildes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for guildes
PropertyValue
Headwordguildes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡild\
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,870
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « guildes » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.guildestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « guadeloupéen » (#50,869), « Guyana » (#50,871), « grinçant » (#50,868). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « guildes » est au #50,870. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

guildes is uncommon French at frequency #50,870 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡild\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de guilde.".

guildes doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is guildes, spelled G-U-I-L-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de guilde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les guildes peuvent être ramenées à trois catégories : les guildes religieuses ou sociales , les guildes de marchands , les guildes d’artisans.

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 "guildes"?
"guildes" is spelled G-U-I-L-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡild\.
What does "guildes" mean?
As a noun, "guildes" means: Pluriel de guilde.
How do you pronounce "guildes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guildes" is \ɡild\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guildes" come from?
"guildes" 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 "guildes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list