Which to use
“guarantee” and “guarantees” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,364
- “guarantee” frequency rank
- #9,187
- “guarantees” frequency rank
- 12551
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guarantee | guarantees |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Anything that assures a certain outcome. | plural of guarantee |
Where the eye mixes guarantee and guarantees
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: guarantee vs guarantees
A purely visual mix-up. guarantee (/ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/) and guarantees (/ˌɡɛɹənˈtiz/) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “guarantee” sits inside “guarantees”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12551, 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/. guarantees is at rank #9,187, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˌɡɛɹənˈtiz/.
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 12551, this pair ranks #480,907 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of guarantee vs guarantees
Shared letters: aegnrtu. Private to "guarantee": -. Private to "guarantees": s.
"guarantee" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVV · "guarantees" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- guarantee ← gaurantee · gguarantee · guaarntee · guaranete · guaranntee · guarante · guaranttee · guaratnee
- guarantees ← gaurantees · gguarantees · guaarntees · guaranetes · guaranntees · guaranteess · guarantes · guarantese
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "guarantee" and "guarantees" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "guarantee" or "guarantees" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "guarantee" and "guarantees" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "guarantee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guarantees" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #480,907 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guarantee" and "guarantees" 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 #480,907 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.