abductee
/ˌæb.dʌkˈti/noun
abductee is spelled A-B-D-U-C-T-E-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, abductee means “An abducted person, in particular a person abducted by aliens” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of abductee is abductees.
How many letters and syllables are in abductee?
| Letters | 8: A-B-D-U-C-T-E-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 133,440th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is abductee?
Abductee appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce abductee?
- UK /ˌæb.dʌkˈtiː/
- US /ˌæb.dʌkˈti/
- US /ˌæb.dəkˈti/
Abductee has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-abductee.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with abductee?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as abductee from its last stressed vowel (/i/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of abductee
- abductees plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abductee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An abducted person, in particular a person abducted by aliens.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Abductee in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense abducted person:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Entführungsopfer |
| Portuguese | abduzido |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does abductee come from?
From abduct + -ee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).