grantee
"grantee" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grantee” is uncommon English (frequency #56,155 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,155
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The person to whom something is granted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-grantee · grantee · English
grantee · rank #56,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,155
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Gorky
Nearest frequency peer: Gorky (-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 “grantee”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- goner
goner
43,849 corpus weight
- Gorky
Gorky
43,847 corpus weight
- grantee
grantee
43,846 corpus weight
- grooving
grooving
43,844 corpus weight
- guardrail
guardrail
43,842 corpus weight
- Guerin
Guerin
43,841 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “grantee” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grantee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “grantee” in English
Rare enough to double-check
grantee is uncommon English at frequency #56,155 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The person to whom something is granted.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grantee, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English grauntees pl, from Old French granté, participle of granter, equivalent to grant + -ee. The correct English form is grantee, spelled G-R-A-N-T-E-E.
Definition
- 1The person to whom something is granted.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grantee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
HHS regulations stipulate that there are only limited circumstances in which a grant can be canceled: for cause, such as when the grant fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the award, or with the consent of the grantee.
The cancellations, which claimed that the more than 350 already-distributed grants “no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities,” sent shockwaves through grantee organizations. […] When news of the cuts first surfaced Tuesday, dozens of grantees gathered on a videoconference to discuss their options, including whether to take legal action.
Etymology
From Middle English grauntees pl, from Old French granté, participle of granter, equivalent to grant + -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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