draftee

noun

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

The verdict

“draftee” is uncommon English (frequency #96,954 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,954
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who is drafted (into a military service, etc).

Corpus desk

Index EN-draftee · draftee · English

draftee · rank #96,954 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,954
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH drat

Nearest frequency peer: drat (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “draftee”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “draftee” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for draftee
PropertyValue
Headworddraftee
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#96,954
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “draftee” sits in English frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).drafteelands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “drat” (#96,955), “dreamless” (#96,956), “dormouse” (#96,951). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

draftee is uncommon English at frequency #96,954 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who is drafted (into a military service, etc).".

Zero misspellings are on record for draftee in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From draft + -ee. The correct English form is draftee, spelled D-R-A-F-T-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who is drafted (into a military service, etc).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. During a televised interview on Wednesday, Shoigu said Russia would be targeting 300,000 draftees, mainly those with recent military experience.

Etymology

From draft + -ee.

This word in other languages

recluta(Español)appelé(Français)Wehrpflichtiger(Deutsch)recruta(Português)

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 "draftee"?
"draftee" is spelled D-R-A-F-T-E-E.
What does "draftee" mean?
As a noun, "draftee" means: One who is drafted (into a military service, etc).
What is the origin of the word "draftee"?
From draft + -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 "draftee", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

dooming#96,950defiles#96,921ephedra#96,998Czechia#96,907

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list