circulator
"circulator" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“circulator” is uncommon English (frequency #78,475 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,475
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person or thing that causes something to circulate
Corpus desk
Index EN-circulator · circulator · English
circulator · rank #78,475 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,475
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chook
Nearest frequency peer: chook (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “circulator”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- chaya
chaya
21,532 corpus weight
- chook
chook
21,527 corpus weight
- circulator
circulator
21,526 corpus weight
- classwork
classwork
21,525 corpus weight
- cloaca
cloaca
21,523 corpus weight
- Cloverdale
Cloverdale
21,521 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “circulator” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | circulator |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #78,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “circulator” in English
Rare enough to double-check
circulator is uncommon English at frequency #78,475 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for circulator, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From circulate + -or. The correct English form is circulator, spelled C-I-R-C-U-L-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1A person or thing that causes something to circulate
- 2A local transit system that provides regular service within a closed loop
- 3A passive electronic component with three or more ports, in which the ports can be accessed in such a way that when a signal is fed into any port it is transferred to the next port only
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how circulator appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Who is the circulator of this rumor?
You can ride the airport circulator to the next terminal.
Etymology
From circulate + -or.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).