bailee
"bailee" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bailee” is uncommon English (frequency #79,284 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,284
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who holds bailed property; one who takes possession of the property of another (called a bailor) in order to keep that property safe for the other.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bailee · bailee · English
bailee · rank #79,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,284
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bailiwick
Nearest frequency peer: bailiwick (+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 “bailee”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bailee
bailee
20,717 corpus weight
- bailiwick
bailiwick
20,716 corpus weight
- baleful
baleful
20,715 corpus weight
- ballas
ballas
20,714 corpus weight
- barque
barque
20,713 corpus weight
- Beaune
Beaune
20,710 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bailee” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bailee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bailee” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bailee is uncommon English at frequency #79,284 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for bailee in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bail + -ee. The correct English form is bailee, spelled B-A-I-L-E-E.
Definition
- 1One who holds bailed property; one who takes possession of the property of another (called a bailor) in order to keep that property safe for the other.
- 2A person who is granted bail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bailee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If the bailee fails to appear at trial, he or she forfeits the full bond amount and must still stand trial — if he or she is ever located.
Etymology
From bail + -ee.
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.
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