# trustee

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɹʌsˈtiː/ · frequency rank #11,627

## Definitions
1. A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals (beneficiaries), or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another.
2. A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.

## Etymology
From trust + -ee.

## Easily confused with
- **trusts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trustee-vs-trusts)
- **trusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trustee-vs-trusty)
- **trust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trust-vs-trustee)
- **trusted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trusted-vs-trustee)
- **trestle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trestle-vs-trustee)
- **thruster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thruster-vs-trustee)

## Common misspellings (10)
`rtustee`, `trrustee`, `trsutee`, `trusete`, `trusstee`, `truste`, `trusttee`, `trutsee`, `ttrustee`, `turstee`

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