Which to use
“guarantee” is a noun and “guaranteed” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,364
- “guarantee” frequency rank
- #4,384
- “guaranteed” frequency rank
- 7748
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guarantee | guaranteed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Anything that assures a certain outcome. | Made certain; promised. |
Letter map: guarantee vs guaranteed
Shared letters muted; letters that set guarantee and guaranteed apart highlighted. Shared run: 9.
Grammar separator: guarantee vs guaranteed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: guarantee is anoun and guaranteedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “guarantee” sits inside “guaranteed”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guarantee is recorded at frequency rank #3,364, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/. guaranteed is at rank #4,384, tagged as anadj.
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 7748, this pair ranks #505,741 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of guarantee vs guaranteed
Shared letters: aegnrtu. Private to "guarantee": -. Private to "guaranteed": d.
"guarantee" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVV · "guaranteed" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- guarantee ← gaurantee · gguarantee · guaarntee · guaranete · guaranntee · guarante · guaranttee · guaratnee
- guaranteed ← gauranteed · gguaranteed · guaarnteed · guaraneted · guarannteed · guaranted · guarantede · guaranteedd
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "guarantee" and "guaranteed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "guarantee" vs "guaranteed" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "guarantee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guaranteed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #505,741 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guarantee" and "guaranteed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guarantee vs guaranty". 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 #505,741 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.