garantivsgarantitTell them apart

Quick tell: garanti is a adjective, garantit is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“garanti” is an adjective and “garantit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,398
“garanti” frequency rank
#10,168
“garantit” frequency rank
18566
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature garanti garantit
Definition Dont le bon fonctionnement, la fonction, le résultat est confirmé par le vendeur sous peine d’annulation éventuelle du contrat de vente. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de garantir.

Same sound, different letters: garanti vs garantit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

7 ch
garanti
8 ch
garantit

Homophone desk: garanti vs garantit

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: garanti and garantit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “garanti” sits inside “garantit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18566, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

garanti is recorded at frequency rank #8,398, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti\. garantit is at rank #10,168, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 18566, this pair ranks #377,677 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of garanti vs garantit

Shared letters: aginrt. Private to "garanti": -. Private to "garantit": -.

"garanti" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "garantit" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • garantiagranti · gaarnti · garanit · garannti · garantti · garatni · garnati · garranti
  • garantitagrantit · gaarntit · garanitt · garanntit · garantitt · garanttit · garatnit · garnatit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "garanti" for "garantit" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "garanti" is an adjective and "garantit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "garanti" vs "garantit" - which ranks higher?
"garanti" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,398 in our French list, against #10,168 for "garantit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "garanti" / "garantit". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "garanti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "garantit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #377,677 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "garanti" and "garantit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "garante vs garantit". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #377,677 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list