absentee ballot
"absentee-ballot" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“absentee ballot” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A vote made remotely, especially a postal vote, cast by a voter unable to be present in person.
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Index EN-absentee-ballot · absentee ballot · English
absentee ballot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | absentee ballot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “absentee ballot” in English
Rare enough to double-check
absentee ballot is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A vote made remotely, especially a postal vote, cast by a voter unable to be present in person.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for absentee ballot, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is absentee ballot, spelled A-B-S-E-N-T-E-E- -B-A-L-L-O-T.
Definition
- 1A vote made remotely, especially a postal vote, cast by a voter unable to be present in person.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how absentee ballot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Studies also show that absentee ballots cast by voters who are younger or from racial and ethnic minority groups are rejected at higher rates than other absentee ballots.
In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.