circulator
"circulator" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“circulator” is uncommon English (frequency #78,475 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,475
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person or thing that causes something to circulate
| 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) |
Where “circulator” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
circulator is uncommon English at frequency #78,475 among 43,570 “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
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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Using “circulator”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-I-R-C-U-L-A-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.