# guaranty

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡæɹənti/ · frequency rank #47,662

## Definitions
1. 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.
2. Something serving as a security for such an undertaking.
3. An assurance or guarantee.

## Etymology
From Old French guarantie, from Old French guarantie (“protection, defense”), from Old French garantir, guarantir (“to warrant, vouch for something”), from Old French garant, guarant, warant (“a warrant; warranter, supporter, defender, protector”), from Frankish *warand, *warjand (“a warrant”), from Frankish *warjan (“to fend for, designate something as true, vouch for”), from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”). Cognate with Middle Low German warent, warend (“a warrant”), German gewähren (“to grant”). More at warrant. Doublet of guarantee and warranty.

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

## Common misspellings (12)
`gauranty`, `gguaranty`, `guaarnty`, `guarannty`, `guarantty`, `guarantyy`, `guaranyt`, `guaratny`, `guarnaty`, `guarranty`, `guraanty`, `ugaranty`

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