# employee

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɛm.plɔɪˈiː/ · frequency rank #2,989

## Definitions
1. A person who provides labor to a company or another person.

## Etymology
From employ + -ee. First attested in the early 19th century, possibly modeled after French employé.

## Easily confused with
- **employer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/employee-vs-employer)
- **employees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/employee-vs-employees)
- **employ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/employ-vs-employee)
- **employed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/employed-vs-employee)

## Common misspellings (11)
`emlpoyee`, `emmployee`, `emplloyee`, `emploeye`, `employe`, `employyee`, `emplyoee`, `empolyee`, `empployee`, `epmloyee`, `meployee`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/employee