# lessee

> English word · Noun · IPA /lɛˈsiː/ · frequency rank #48,324

## Definitions
1. An individual or a corporation who has the right of use of something of value, gained through a lease agreement with the real owner of the property.
2. The entity to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease.
3. Someone who is allowed to use a house, building, land etc. for a period of time in return for payment to the owner.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman lessié, past participle of lessier (“to permit, to let”).

## Easily confused with
- **levee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lessee-vs-levee)
- **lesson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lessee-vs-lesson)
- **lesser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lessee-vs-lesser)
- **Lester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lessee-vs-lester)
- **lessen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lessee-vs-lessen)
- **less** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/less-vs-lessee)
- **lease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lease-vs-lessee)
- **Leslie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leslie-vs-lessee)
- **lenses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lenses-vs-lessee)
- **leased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leased-vs-lessee)
- **leases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leases-vs-lessee)
- **Lesley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lesley-vs-lessee)
- **lassie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lassie-vs-lessee)

## Common misspellings (6)
`elssee`, `lesee`, `lesese`, `lesse`, `llessee`, `lsesee`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lessee