nominatee
"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
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nominatee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nominatee” in English
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
- 1One who is nominated.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nominatee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Two hundred and one of the 752 entries have become void by the death of nominatees, barren mares, and from other causes.
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.