Which to use
“attended” is a verb and “attendee” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,146
- “attended” frequency rank
- #40,566
- “attendee” frequency rank
- 43712
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attended | attendee |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of attend | A person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event. |
Letter map: attended vs attendee
Shared letters muted; letters that set attended and attendee apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. attended (VCCVCCVC) and attendee (VCCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for attended / attendee
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: attended is averb and attendeeanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “attended” becomes e in “attendee”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
attended is recorded at frequency rank #3,146, classified as averb, pronounced /əˈtɛndɪd/. 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 43712, this pair ranks #237,360 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of attended vs attendee
Shared letters: adent. Private to "attended": -. Private to "attendee": -.
"attended" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "attendee" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "attended" for "attendee" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "attended" or "attendee" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "attended" and "attendee".
- Full dictionary entry for "attended" 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 #237,360 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attended" 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 #237,360 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.