# pawnee

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #36,706

## Definitions
1. One or to whom a pledge is delivered as security one who takes anything in pawn.

## Etymology
From pawn + -ee.

## Easily confused with
- **Payne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pawnee-vs-payne)
- **pawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pawn-vs-pawnee)
- **pane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pane-vs-pawnee)
- **panel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panel-vs-pawnee)
- **paine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paine-vs-pawnee)
- **panes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panes-vs-pawnee)
- **panned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panned-vs-pawnee)
- **pained** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pained-vs-pawnee)

## Common misspellings (8)
`apwnee`, `panwee`, `pawene`, `pawne`, `pawnnee`, `pawwnee`, `ppawnee`, `pwanee`

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