assessor
/əˈsɛsɚ/noun
assessor is spelled A-S-S-E-S-S-O-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, assessor means “One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of assessor is assessors.
How many letters and syllables are in assessor?
| Letters | 8: A-S-S-E-S-S-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is assessor?
Assessor appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th 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 assessor?
- UK /əˈsɛsə/
- US /əˈsɛsɚ/
- Australia /əˈsesə/
Assessor 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-assessor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with assessor?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as assessor from its last stressed vowel (/ɛsəɹ/):
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 assessor
- assessors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does assessor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.
- 2
A specialist who assists the court in determining a matter.
- 3
A civil servant entrusted with checking the veracity of data and criteria used by a taxpayer to complete a tax return.
- 4
One who assesses a project for cost evaluation.
- 5
UKAn official responsible for student welfare.
- 6
A member of an executive body in Italian local government.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Assessor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | évaluateur, évaluatrice , assesseur, assesseure, assesseuse, appréciateur |
| Spanish | evaluador, evaluadora, tasador, tasadora |
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.
Where does assessor come from?
From Middle English assessour, from Old French assessour, from Latin assessor (“assistant judge; assessor of taxes”). Cognate with French assesseur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).