captor
/ˈkæptɚ/noun
captor is spelled C-A-P-T-O-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, captor means “One who is holding a captive or captives” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of captor is captors.
How many letters and syllables are in captor?
| Letters | 6: C-A-P-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 captor?
Captor appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th 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 captor?
- US /ˈkæptɚ/
Captor has 2 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-captor.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-captor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with captor?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as captor from its last stressed vowel (/æptəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: proact.
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 captor
- captors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does captor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who is holding a captive or captives.
- 2
One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Captor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Entführer, Entführerin , Fänger, Fängerin |
| Portuguese | captor, captora |
| Spanish | secuestrador, secuestradora , captor, captora |
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 captor come from?
Borrowed from Late Latin captor, from Latin capiō. English usage began around 1688.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).