honoree
/ˌɑn.ɚˈi/
"honoree" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“honoree” is uncommon English (frequency #56,809 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,809
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who receives an honor or award.
Corpus desk
Index EN-honoree · honoree · English
honoree · rank #56,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,809
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH holdout
Nearest frequency peer: holdout (-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 “honoree”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hmph
hmph
43,197 corpus weight
- holdout
holdout
43,193 corpus weight
- honoree
honoree
43,192 corpus weight
- Horsley
Horsley
43,191 corpus weight
- humorist
humorist
43,189 corpus weight
- hyaluronic
hyaluronic
43,188 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “honoree” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | honoree |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɑn.ɚˈi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “honoree” in English
Rare enough to double-check
honoree is uncommon English at frequency #56,809 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɑn.ɚˈi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who receives an honor or award.".
honoree doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From honor + -ee. The correct English form is honoree, spelled H-O-N-O-R-E-E.
Definition
- 1One who receives an honor or award.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how honoree appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was perhaps the most public example of the “manterruption” – that is, a man interrupting a woman while she’s trying to speak (in this case, on stage, by herself, as an award honoree) and taking over the floor.
The 18 honorees included some of the Democratic Party’s best-known leaders and boosters: Hillary Clinton, the philanthropist and major Democratic donor George Soros, and Robert F. Kennedy, who was given the recognition posthumously.
Etymology
From honor + -ee.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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