# absentee vs absentia

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### absentee
*noun · IPA /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/ · frequency rank #23,160*
A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.

### absentia
*noun · IPA /æbˈsɛnt͡ʃi.ə/ · frequency rank #44,593*
absence

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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