Councillor or councilor?
In American English write councilor; in British and Commonwealth English, councillor. councillor is a noun meaning “A member of a council”; councilor is a noun meaning “US standard spelling of councillor”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) councillor is about 6.9 times as common as councilor.
What is the difference between councillor and councilor?
| councillor | councilor | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | A member of a council In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor The title for someone elected to the role of councillor in a local council | USUS standard spelling of councillor |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | councillors | councilors |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| Region | no label | US |
| In writing | 4.9 times per million words | about once in every 1 million words |
Sources: councillor and councilor in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of councillor and councilor
councillor
- 1
A member of a council
- 2
The title for someone elected to the role of councillor in a local council
- 3
In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor
councilor
- 1
USUS standard spelling of councillor
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, councillor or councilor?
councillor appears 4.9 times per million words; councilor about once in every 1 million words.
councillor 4.9 times per million wordscouncilor about once in every 1 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search councillor vs councilor?
“councillor vs councilor” is searched about 50 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“councilor vs councillor”, “councillor or councilor”).
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