# guarantee

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/ · frequency rank #3,364

## Definitions
1. Anything that assures a certain outcome.
2. A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.
3. A written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty.
4. The person to whom a guarantee is made.
5. A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.

## Etymology
From Old French guarantie (perhaps via a later Spanish garante), from the verb guarantir (“to protect, assure, vouch for”), ultimately from Old Frankish *warjand, *warand (“a warrant”), or from guaranty. Doublet of guaranty and warranty.

## Easily confused with
- **guaranty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guarantee-vs-guaranty)
- **guarantor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guarantee-vs-guarantor)
- **guaranteed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guarantee-vs-guaranteed)
- **guarantees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guarantee-vs-guarantees)

## Common misspellings (12)
`gaurantee`, `gguarantee`, `guaarntee`, `guaranete`, `guaranntee`, `guarante`, `guaranttee`, `guaratnee`, `guarnatee`, `guarrantee`, `guraantee`, `ugarantee`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/guarantee