advisor
/ædˈvaɪ.zɚ/noun
advisor is spelled A-D-V-I-S-O-R: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, advisor means “One who offers advice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of advisor is advisors.
How many letters and syllables are in advisor?
| Letters | 7: A-D-V-I-S-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 7,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is advisor?
Advisor appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,009th 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 advisor?
- UK /ædˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/
- US /ædˈvaɪ.zɚ/
- Australia /ædˈvɑɪ.zə(ɹ)/
Advisor has 3 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). Recordings: En-us-advisor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with advisor
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with advisor?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as advisor from its last stressed vowel (/aɪzəɹ/):
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 advisor
- advisors plural
- adviser
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does advisor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who offers advice.
- 2
A xiangqi piece that is moved one point diagonally and confined within the palace.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Advisor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who offers advice:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | conseiller, conseillère |
| German | Berater, Beraterin, Ratgeber, Ratgeberin |
| Portuguese | conselheiro |
| Spanish | consejero, asesor |
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.