nominatee

noun

"nominatee" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who is nominated.

Corpus desk

Index EN-nominatee · nominatee · English

nominatee · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for nominatee
PropertyValue
Headwordnominatee
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “nominatee” in English

nominateesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

nominatee is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who is nominated.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for nominatee in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From nominate + -ee. The correct English form is nominatee, spelled N-O-M-I-N-A-T-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who is nominated.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nominatee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Two hundred and one of the 752 entries have become void by the death of nominatees, barren mares, and from other causes.
  2. The counting of the nominating ballots for alumni trustee to be elected to succeed Dr. Lloyd Shaw, whose term expires next June, shows Mrs. Carrie Davis Platt of Alamosa, Donald C. McCreery of Denver and Harold D. Roberts of Denver as nominatees.

Etymology

From nominate + -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 "nominatee"?
"nominatee" is spelled N-O-M-I-N-A-T-E-E.
What does "nominatee" mean?
As a noun, "nominatee" means: One who is nominated.
What is the origin of the word "nominatee"?
From nominate + -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