warranted

adj

"warranted" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“warranted” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,270. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,270
frequency rank, English
12,113
“W” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Authorized with a warrant.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

warranted vs warranty
78% similar
warranted vs warranties
80% similar
warranted vs warrant
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for warranted
PropertyValue
Headwordwarranted
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,270
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “warranted” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). warranted lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around warranted, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,270 among 12,113 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for warranted, with forms such as "awrranted", "waranted", and "wararnted". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "warranty", "warranties", "warrant", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is warranted, spelled W-A-R-R-A-N-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Authorized with a warrant.
  2. 2
    Deserved, necessary, appropriate.
  3. 3
    silver plated (with a guarantee that the silver plating will not wear off)

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: awrranted,waranted,wararnted,warranetd,warrannted,warrantde,warrantedd,warrantted,warratned,warrnated,wraranted,wwarranted

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of warranted - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

awrranted2waranted1wararnted2warranetd2warrannted1warrantde2warrantedd1warrantted1
Edit distance from "warranted"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "warranted"?
"warranted" is spelled W-A-R-R-A-N-T-E-D.
What does "warranted" mean?
As an adjective, "warranted" means: Authorized with a warrant.
What words are commonly confused with "warranted"?
"warranted" is commonly confused with "warranty", "warranties", "warrant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "warranted" come from?
"warranted" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “warranted”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is W-A-R-R-A-N-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “warranty” - see the side-by-side comparison. warranted vs warranty
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list