interrogatee

noun

"interrogatee" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“interrogatee” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who undergoes an interrogation.

Corpus desk

Index EN-interrogatee · interrogatee · English

interrogatee · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for interrogatee
PropertyValue
Headwordinterrogatee
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “interrogatee” in English

interrogateeranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

interrogatee is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who undergoes an interrogation.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for interrogatee in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From interrogate + -ee. The correct English form is interrogatee, spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-O-G-A-T-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Someone who undergoes an interrogation.

Etymology

From interrogate + -ee.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "interrogatee"?
"interrogatee" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-O-G-A-T-E-E.
What does "interrogatee" mean?
As a noun, "interrogatee" means: Someone who undergoes an interrogation.
What is the origin of the word "interrogatee"?
From interrogate + -ee. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list