# cantor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkæntɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #24,105

## Definitions
1. singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony
2. A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere (“to sing”) + agent suffix -or. Doublet of chanter.

## Easily confused with
- **Cato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-cato)
- **cater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-cater)
- **Conor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-conor)
- **center** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-center)
- **Carter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-carter)
- **canyon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-canyon)
- **Connor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-connor)
- **censor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-censor)
- **carton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-carton)
- **castor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-castor)
- **caster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-caster)
- **condor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-condor)
- **captor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-captor)
- **contour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-contour)
- **cant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cant-vs-cantor)
- **canon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canon-vs-cantor)
- **canoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canoe-vs-cantor)
- **canto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canto-vs-cantor)
- **cannot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cannot-vs-cantor)
- **cancer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cancer-vs-cantor)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acntor`, `canntor`, `canotr`, `cantorr`, `cantro`, `canttor`, `catnor`, `ccantor`, `cnator`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cantor