signee
"signee" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“signee” is uncommon English (frequency #89,907 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,907
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who is signed (signed up, enlisted) by someone else; thus, one who signs a contract, especially in athletic contexts.
Corpus desk
Index EN-signee · signee · English
signee · rank #89,907 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,907
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH sixer
Nearest frequency peer: sixer (+2 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “signee”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- shiz
shiz
10,101 corpus weight
- Shoshana
Shoshana
10,098 corpus weight
- signee
signee
10,094 corpus weight
- sixer
sixer
10,092 corpus weight
- skittle
skittle
10,089 corpus weight
- smiting
smiting
10,085 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “signee” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | signee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,907 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “signee” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
signee is uncommon English at frequency #89,907 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who is signed (signed up, enlisted) by someone else; thus, one who signs a contract, especially in athletic contexts.".
signee has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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 sign + -ee. The correct English form is signee, spelled S-I-G-N-E-E.
Definition
- 1One who is signed (signed up, enlisted) by someone else; thus, one who signs a contract, especially in athletic contexts.
Etymology
From sign + -ee.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "signee", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.