Which to use
“gui” and “guide” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,335
- “gui” frequency rank
- #2,577
- “guide” frequency rank
- 23912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gui | guide |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plante verte hémiparasite et épiphyte à tiges articulées dichotomiques et à baies globuleuses qui croissent sur les branches de certains arbres, grâce à leur suçoir conique (ou haustorium) et dont les graines collantes sont disséminées par divers oiseaux. | Celui, celle qui conduit une personne et, l’accompagnant, lui montre le chemin. |
Where the eye mixes gui and guide
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between gui and guide
A purely visual mix-up. gui (\ɡi\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “gui” sits inside “guide”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gui is recorded at frequency rank #21,335, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡi\. 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 23912, this pair ranks #349,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gui vs guide
Shared letters: giu. Private to "gui": -. Private to "guide": de.
"gui" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "guide" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- guide ← gguide · giude · gudie · guidde · guied · ugide
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gui" for "guide" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "gui" or "guide" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "gui" 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 #349,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gui" and "guide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glue vs gui". 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 #349,736 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.