auditor
/ˈɔːdɪtɚ/noun
auditor is spelled A-U-D-I-T-O-R: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, auditor means “One who audits bookkeeping accounts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of auditor is auditors.
How many letters and syllables are in auditor?
| Letters | 7: A-U-D-I-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is auditor?
Auditor appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th 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 auditor?
- /ˈɔːdɪtɚ/
Auditor 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-auditor.ogg, En-us-auditor-2.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of auditor
- auditors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does auditor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who audits bookkeeping accounts.
- 2
In many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a comptroller.
- 3
One who audits an academic course; who attends the lectures but does not earn academic credit.
- 4
rareOne who listens, typically as a member of an audience.
- 5
One trained to perform spiritual guidance procedures.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Auditor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who audits bookkeeping accounts:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | auditeur, auditrice |
| German | Wirtschaftsprüfer |
| Portuguese | auditor |
| Spanish | auditor, auditora |
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 auditor come from?
From Anglo-Norman auditour, from Latin audītor (“hearer, auditor”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).