godevsguideWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“gode” and “guide” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,024
“gode” frequency rank
#2,577
“guide” frequency rank
28601
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gode guide
Definition Godemichet. Celui, celle qui conduit une personne et, l’accompagnant, lui montre le chemin.

Where the eye mixes gode and guide

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

4 ch
gode
5 ch
guide

Visual trap between gode and guide

A purely visual mix-up. gode (\ɡɔd\) and guide (\ɡid\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gode is recorded at frequency rank #26,024, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔd\. guide is at rank #2,577, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡid\.

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 28601, this pair ranks #321,787 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gode vs guide

Shared letters: deg. Private to "gode": o. Private to "guide": iu.

"gode" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "guide" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • godegdoe · ggode · godde · goed · ogde
  • guidegguide · giude · gudie · guidde · guied · ugide

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gode" and "guide" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɡɔd\ versus \ɡid\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "gode" or "guide"?
"guide" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,577 in our French list, against #26,024 for "gode". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "gode" and "guide" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gode" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "guide" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #321,787 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gode" and "guide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glue vs gode". 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 #321,787 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list