Which to use
“attend” is a verb and “attendee” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,714
- “attend” frequency rank
- #40,566
- “attendee” frequency rank
- 43280
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attend | attendee |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present. | A person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event. |
Letter map: attend vs attendee
Shared letters muted; letters that set attend and attendee apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. attend runs 6 letters (VCCVCC) against attendee's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for attend / attendee
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: attend is averb and attendeeanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “attend” sits inside “attendee”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43280, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
attend is recorded at frequency rank #2,714, classified as averb, pronounced /əˈtɛnd/. attendee is at rank #40,566, tagged as anoun.
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 43280, this pair ranks #241,524 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of attend vs attendee
Shared letters: adent. Private to "attend": -. Private to "attendee": -.
"attend" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "attendee" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "attend" for "attendee" ever safe?
Frequency check: "attend" vs "attendee" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "attend" and "attendee". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "attend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "attendee" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,524 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attend" and "attendee" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "attendee vs attendees". 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 #241,524 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.