designee
/ˌdɛzɪɡˈni/
"designee" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“designee” is uncommon English (frequency #67,364 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,364
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who has been designated
Corpus desk
Index EN-designee · designee · English
designee · rank #67,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,364
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH derisively
Nearest frequency peer: derisively (-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 “designee”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Demerara
Demerara
32,642 corpus weight
- demote
demote
32,641 corpus weight
- derisively
derisively
32,638 corpus weight
- designee
designee
32,637 corpus weight
- digitizer
digitizer
32,632 corpus weight
- dims
dims
32,631 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “designee” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | designee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌdɛzɪɡˈni/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “designee” in English
Rare enough to double-check
designee is uncommon English at frequency #67,364 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌdɛzɪɡˈni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who has been designated".
No misspelling variants are generated for designee in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From designate + -ee. The correct English form is designee, spelled D-E-S-I-G-N-E-E.
Definition
- 1One who has been designated
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how designee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The commissioner of the Texas Department of Public Health is proposing that the commissioner of health, or the designee of the commissioner of health, be able to institute quarantine measures for people with AIDS.
The bill authorizes the President's designee, to access funds that the Congress has already appropriated for the auto industries.
Etymology
From designate + -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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