callee
noun
callee is spelled C-A-L-L-E-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, callee means “The person who is called by the caller (on the telephone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of callee is callees.
How many letters and syllables are in callee?
| Letters | 6: C-A-L-L-E-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 173,967th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is callee?
Callee appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th 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).
Forms of callee
- callees plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does callee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The person who is called by the caller (on the telephone).
- 2
A function called by another.
The interpreter must provide for correctly resuming the caller when the callee has returned its value.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Callee in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the person who is getting called by the caller:
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 callee come from?
From call + -ee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).