# guarded vs Guardia

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### guarded
*verb · IPA /ˈɡɑɹdɪd/ · frequency rank #12,431*
simple past and past participle of guard

### Guardia
*name · frequency rank #44,239*
A surname from the Romance languages.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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