legatee
/ˌlɛɡəˈtiː/noun
legatee is spelled L-E-G-A-T-E-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, legatee means “One who receives a legacy (inheritance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of legatee is legatees.
How many letters and syllables are in legatee?
| Letters | 7: L-E-G-A-T-E-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is legatee?
Legatee appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th 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 legatee?
- /ˌlɛɡəˈtiː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-legatee.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of legatee
- legatees plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does legatee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who receives a legacy (inheritance).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Legatee in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who receives a legacy:
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 legatee come from?
From legate + -ee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).