attractor
noun
attractor is spelled A-T-T-R-A-C-T-O-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, attractor means “Something which attracts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of attractor is attractors.
How many letters and syllables are in attractor?
| Letters | 9: A-T-T-R-A-C-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 70,702nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is attractor?
Attractor appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd 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 attractor?
- General-American
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Yangolin-attractor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of attractor
- attractors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does attractor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something which attracts.
- 2
A set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time. That is, points that get close enough to the attractor remain close even if slightly disturbed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Attractor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough :
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | attracteur |
| Portuguese | atrator |
| Spanish | atractor |
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.