thankee
/ˈθæŋki/
"thankee" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thankee” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of thank you.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thankee · thankee · English
thankee · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thankee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈθæŋki/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thankee” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
thankee is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /ˈθæŋki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of thank you.".
Zero misspellings are on record for thankee in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is thankee, spelled T-H-A-N-K-E-E.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of thank you.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thankee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Thankee," said the knight politely, as he took a pinch and sneezed seven times so violently that his head fell off.
"Thankee, Sir."
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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