# trainee

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɹeɪˈni/ · frequency rank #16,602

## Definitions
1. Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace.
2. A juvenile inmate being trained and (re)educated in a reformatory school.

## Etymology
From train + -ee.

## Easily confused with
- **trains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trainee-vs-trains)
- **trance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trainee-vs-trance)
- **trainer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trainee-vs-trainer)
- **trainor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trainee-vs-trainor)
- **trainers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trainee-vs-trainers)
- **trainees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trainee-vs-trainees)
- **train** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/train-vs-trainee)
- **trained** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trained-vs-trainee)
- **trailer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trailer-vs-trainee)

## Common misspellings (9)
`rtainee`, `tarinee`, `traiene`, `traine`, `trainnee`, `traniee`, `trianee`, `trrainee`, `ttrainee`

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