interviewee
/ˌɪn.tɚ.vjuːˈiː/noun
interviewee is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-I-E-W-E-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, interviewee means “Someone being interviewed, i.e. the person answering the questions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of interviewee is interviewees.
How many letters and syllables are in interviewee?
| Letters | 11: I-N-T-E-R-V-I-E-W-E-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is interviewee?
Interviewee appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th 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 interviewee?
- UK /ˌɪn.tə.vjuːˈiː/
- US /ˌɪn.tɚ.vjuːˈiː/
Interviewee has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-interviewee.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with interviewee?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as interviewee from its last stressed vowel (/i/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of interviewee
- interviewees plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does interviewee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone being interviewed, i.e. the person answering the questions.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Interviewee in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Someone being interviewed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | entrevistado, entrevistada |
| Spanish | entrevistado, entrevistada |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does interviewee come from?
From interview + -ee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).