Which to use
“guidées” and “guident” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,342
- “guidées” frequency rank
- #38,327
- “guident” frequency rank
- 63669
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guidées | guident |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de guider. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de guider. |
Where the eye mixes guidées and guident
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses guidées with guident
A purely visual mix-up. guidées (\ɡi.de\) and guident (\ɡid\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63669, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guidées is recorded at frequency rank #25,342, classified as averb, pronounced \ɡi.de\. guident is at rank #38,327, tagged as averb, 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 63669, this pair ranks #80,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of guidées vs guident
Shared letters: degiu. Private to "guidées": sé. Private to "guident": nt.
"guidées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "guident" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- guident ← gguident · giudent · gudient · guiddent · guidennt · guidentt · guidetn · guidnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "guidées" and "guident" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "guidées" or "guident" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "guidées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guident" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guidées" and "guident" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guident vs guidera". 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 #80,789 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.