garnishee
/ɡɑɹnɪˈʃiː/noun, verb
garnishee is spelled G-A-R-N-I-S-H-E-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, garnishee means “The person whose money is garnished” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of garnishee is garnishees.
How many letters and syllables are in garnishee?
| Letters | 9: G-A-R-N-I-S-H-E-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 171,907th 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 garnishee?
Garnishee appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th 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).
How do you pronounce garnishee?
- /ɡɑɹnɪˈʃiː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of garnishee
- garnishees plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- garnisheeing participle, present
- garnisheed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does garnishee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The person whose money is garnished.
verb
- 1
To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnish.
Her bank account was garnisheed to pay an outstanding tax debt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does garnishee come from?
From garnish + -ee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).