donee
"donee" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“donee” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who receives a gift from a donor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-donee · donee · English
donee · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | donee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “donee” in English
Rare enough to double-check
donee is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who receives a gift from a donor.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for donee in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From donor + -ee (attested since 1523). The correct English form is donee, spelled D-O-N-E-E.
Definition
- 1Someone who receives a gift from a donor.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how donee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
John became the donee of the bone marrow donated by his brother.
But this donee or this purchasoure shall take to their profyte all the vesture standyng vpon or beyng with in the sayd groūde
Etymology
From donor + -ee (attested since 1523).
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.