invitee
/ˌɪnvəˈtiː/
"invitee" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“invitee” is uncommon English (frequency #83,378 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,378
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who is invited.
Corpus desk
Index EN-invitee · invitee · English
invitee · rank #83,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,378
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH intrust
Nearest frequency peer: intrust (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “invitee”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- insigne
insigne
16,627 corpus weight
- interglacial
interglacial
16,626 corpus weight
- intrust
intrust
16,624 corpus weight
- invitee
invitee
16,623 corpus weight
- ironical
ironical
16,622 corpus weight
- Iza
Iza
16,619 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “invitee” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | invitee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɪnvəˈtiː/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “invitee” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
invitee is uncommon English at frequency #83,378 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɪnvəˈtiː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who is invited.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for invitee, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From invite + -ee. The correct English form is invitee, spelled I-N-V-I-T-E-E.
Definition
- 1A person who is invited.
Etymology
From invite + -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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.