English homophones
guarantee/guaranty
"guarantee" (#3,364 written frequency) beats "guaranty" (#47,662) in this 2-word /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "guarantee" leads at #3,364, with "guaranty" trailing at #47,662.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "guarant" then splits - "guarantee" (9 letters) vs "guaranty" (8).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across guarantee, guaranty: agnrtu. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
guarantee
9 letters · 5 vowels · shape CVVCVCCVV
Inventory aegnrtu · private e
guaranty
8 letters · 4 vowels · shape CVVCVCCV
Inventory agnrtuy · private y
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "guarantee" when you mean: Anything that assures a certain outcome.
- Write "guaranty" when you mean: An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of…
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
noun · /ˈɡæɹənti/ · #47,662 frequency
An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a warranty; a security.
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (guarantee, guaranty). Here's where to go from here.
- "guarantee" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #3,364 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: grey · gray. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "guarantee, guaranty" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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