actuator
/ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.tɚ/noun
actuator is spelled A-C-T-U-A-T-O-R: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, actuator means “Something that actuates something else” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of actuator is actuators.
How many letters and syllables are in actuator?
| Letters | 8: A-C-T-U-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,416th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 actuator?
Actuator appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th 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 actuator?
- UK /ˈæk.tjuː.eɪ.tə(ɹ)/
- UK /ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.tə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈæk.t͡ʃu.eɪ.tɚ/
Actuator has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with actuator?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as actuator (/æktʃueɪtəɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: autocrat.
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 actuator
- actuators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does actuator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something that actuates something else.
The mind is the actuator of the body.
- 2
A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off. For example; an electric motor that opens and closes a valve.
- 3
The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
- 4
A relay that controls the flow of electricity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Actuator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | actionneur |
| German | Aktor, Aktuator |
| Portuguese | atuador |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.