settee
/sɛˈtiː/noun
settee is spelled S-E-T-T-E-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, settee means “A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of settee is settees.
How many letters and syllables are in settee?
| Letters | 6: S-E-T-T-E-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,788th 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 settee?
Settee appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th 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).
How do you pronounce settee?
- /sɛˈtiː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-settee.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of settee
- settees plural
- setee
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does settee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKA long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.
- 2
A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Settee in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense long seat:
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 settee come from?
Unclear, possibly from settle (“seat, long bench”) + -ee (diminutive suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).