guaridavsguriaWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“guarida” and “guria” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,918
“guarida” frequency rank
#42,948
“guria” frequency rank
90866
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature guarida guria
Definition que oferece acolhimento, amparo, proteção criança do sexo feminino

Where the eye mixes guarida and guria

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
guarida
5 ch
guria

Why the eye confuses guarida with guria

A purely visual mix-up. guarida (/ɡwɐ.ˈɾi.dɐ/) and guria (/gu.ˈɾi.ɐ/) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

guarida is recorded at frequency rank #47,918, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɡwɐ.ˈɾi.dɐ/. guria is at rank #42,948, tagged as anoun, pronounced /gu.ˈɾi.ɐ/.

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 90866, this pair ranks #240 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of guarida vs guria

Shared letters: agiru. Private to "guarida": d. Private to "guria": -.

"guarida" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "guria" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • guaridagaurida · gguarida · guairda · guardia · guariad · guaridda · guarrida · guraida
  • guriagguria · gruia · gurai · gurria · ugria

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "guarida" and "guria" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ɡwɐ.ˈɾi.dɐ/ versus /gu.ˈɾi.ɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "guarida" vs "guria" - which ranks higher?
"guria" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,948 in our Portuguese list, against #47,918 for "guarida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "guarida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "guria" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #240 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "guarida" and "guria" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grip vs guria". 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 #240 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list