warranty
/ˈwɔɹ.ən.ti/
"warranty" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“warranty” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,796. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,796
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A guarantee that a certain outcome or obligation will be fulfilled; security.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | warranty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɔɹ.ən.ti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “warranty” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around warranty (IPA /ˈwɔɹ.ən.ti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,796 among 12,113 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for warranty, with forms such as "awrranty", "waranty", and "wararnty". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "warrant", "warranted", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English warantye, warantie, from Anglo-Norman warrantie, an Old Northern French variant of Old French guarantie (Modern French garantie). Doublet of guarantee and guaranty. More at warrant. The correct English form is warranty, spelled W-A-R-R-A-N-T-Y.
Definition
- 1A guarantee that a certain outcome or obligation will be fulfilled; security.
- 2A legal agreement that was a real covenant and ran with the land: The grantor of a piece of real estate held in freehold, and their heirs, were required to officially guarantee their claim and plead their case for the title. If evicted by someone with a superior claim (paramount title), they were also required to hand over other real estate of equal value in recompense. It has now been replaced by personal covenants and the covenant of warranty.
- 3A legal agreement that was a real covenant and ran with the land: The grantor of a piece of real estate held in freehold, and their heirs, were required to officially guarantee their claim and plead their case for the title. If evicted by someone with a superior claim (paramount title), they were also required to hand over other real estate of equal value in recompense. It has now been replaced by personal covenants and the covenant of warranty.
- 4A legal agreement, either written or oral (an expressed warranty) or implied through the actions of the buyer and seller (an implied warranty), which states that the goods or property in question will be in exactly the same state as promised, such as in a sale of an item or piece of real estate.
- 5A written guarantee, usually over a fixed period, provided to someone who buys a product or item, which states that certain repairs and/or replacement parts will be provided free of charge in case of damage or a defect.
- 6A stipulation of an insurance policy made by an insuree, guaranteeing that the facts of the policy are true and the insurance risk is as stated, which if not fulfilled renders the policy void.
- 7Justification or mandate to do something, especially in terms of one’s personal conduct; warrant.
Etymology
From Middle English warantye, warantie, from Anglo-Norman warrantie, an Old Northern French variant of Old French guarantie (Modern French garantie). Doublet of guarantee and guaranty. More at warrant.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: awrranty,waranty,wararnty,warrannty,warrantty,warrantyy,warranyt,warratny,warrnaty,wraranty,wwarranty
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of warranty - 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.
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.
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Using “warranty”
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-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈwɔɹ.ən.ti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “warrant” - see the side-by-side comparison. warranty vs warrant
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.