# absentee

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/ · frequency rank #23,160

## Definitions
1. A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
2. A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
3. A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
4. Something that is not present where it might be expected.
5. Designating something whose owner, person responsible, etc. is absent.
6. A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
7. A voter who is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.

## Etymology
From absent + -ee.

## Easily confused with
- **absinthe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/absentee-vs-absinthe)
- **absentia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/absentee-vs-absentia)
- **absent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/absent-vs-absentee)
- **absence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/absence-vs-absentee)

## Common misspellings (11)
`abbsentee`, `abesntee`, `absenete`, `absenntee`, `absente`, `absenttee`, `absetnee`, `absnetee`, `abssentee`, `asbentee`, `basentee`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/absentee