obligee
noun
obligee is spelled O-B-L-I-G-E-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, obligee means “The party owed an obligation by another party, the obligor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of obligee is obligees.
How many letters and syllables are in obligee?
| Letters | 7: O-B-L-I-G-E-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th 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 obligee?
Obligee appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th 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).
Forms of obligee
- obligees plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does obligee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The party owed an obligation by another party, the obligor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Obligee in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense beneficiary of an obligation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | créancier |
| German | Berechtigter |
| Spanish | acreedor, acreedora |
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 obligee come from?
From oblige + -ee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).