awardee

/əwɔɹˈdi/

//əwɔɹˈdi// noun

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"awardee" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“awardee” is uncommon English (frequency #73,879 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,879
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The recipient of an award or special honor.

Corpus desk

Index EN-awardee · awardee · English

awardee · rank #73,879 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,879
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH aversive

Nearest frequency peer: aversive (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “awardee”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “awardee” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for awardee
PropertyValue
Headwordawardee
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/əwɔɹˈdi/
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,879
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “awardee” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).awardeefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “aversive” (#73,878), “Aurangabad” (#73,876), “balder” (#73,882). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “awardee” is #73,879. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

awardee is uncommon English at frequency #73,879 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əwɔɹˈdi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The recipient of an award or special honor.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for awardee in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From award + -ee. The correct English form is awardee, spelled A-W-A-R-D-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The recipient of an award or special honor.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how awardee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The other awardee that evening was Tom Frei, being honored for his advancement of the cure for leukemia.

Etymology

From award + -ee.

Synonyms

honoree

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "awardee"?
"awardee" is spelled A-W-A-R-D-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is /əwɔɹˈdi/.
What does "awardee" mean?
As a noun, "awardee" means: The recipient of an award or special honor.
How do you pronounce "awardee"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "awardee" is /əwɔɹˈdi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "awardee"?
From award + -ee. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "awardee", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bannock#73,885basmati#73,891amphora#73,856alveoli#73,854

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list