standee
stand·ee/stænˈdi/noun
standee is spelled S-T-A-N-D-E-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (stand·ee). It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, standee means “Somebody who is forced to stand up, for example, on a crowded bus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of standee is standees.
How many letters and syllables are in standee?
| Letters | 7: S-T-A-N-D-E-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: stand·ee |
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 159,707th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is standee?
Standee appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th 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 standee?
- UK /stanˈdiː/
- US /stænˈdi/
Standee has 2 syllables, split stand·ee in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-standee.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with standee?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as standee from its last stressed vowel (/i/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of standee
- standees plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does standee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Somebody who is forced to stand up, for example, on a crowded bus.
- 2
A free-standing, rigid print, usually of a person or character (often life-sized), meant as a representation of a 3d object, commonly displayed for advertising and promotional purposes.
He took a picture of me with a standee of Darth Vader at the premiere of Star Wars: Episode III.
- 3
A board game piece made of upright cardboard inserted into a plastic base.
- 4
A kind of stackable bunk for sleeping.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does standee come from?
From stand + -ee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).