Which to use
“attendee” and “attendees” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,566
- “attendee” frequency rank
- #13,857
- “attendees” frequency rank
- 54423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attendee | attendees |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event. | plural of attendee |
Letter map: attendee vs attendees
Shared letters muted; letters that set attendee and attendees apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. attendee runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against attendees's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - attendee / attendees
attendee and attendees are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “attendee” sits inside “attendees”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
attendee is recorded at frequency rank #40,566, classified as anoun. attendees is at rank #13,857, tagged as anoun, pronounced /əˌtɛnˈdiːz/.
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 54423, this pair ranks #141,210 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of attendee vs attendees
Shared letters: adent. Private to "attendee": -. Private to "attendees": s.
"attendee" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "attendees" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "attendee" and "attendees" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "attendee" vs "attendees" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "attendee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "attendees" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,210 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attendee" and "attendees" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "attended vs attendee". 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 #141,210 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.