collaborator
col·lab·or·a·tor/kəˈlæbəɹeɪtɚ/noun
collaborator is spelled C-O-L-L-A-B-O-R-A-T-O-R: 12 letters and 5 syllables (col·lab·or·a·tor). It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, collaborator means “A person who works with others towards a common goal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of collaborator is collaborators.
How many letters and syllables are in collaborator?
| Letters | 12: C-O-L-L-A-B-O-R-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: col·lab·or·a·tor |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is collaborator?
Collaborator appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th 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 collaborator?
- US /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtɚ/
- UK /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtə/
Collaborator has 5 syllables, split col·lab·or·a·tor in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-collaborator.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of collaborator
- collaborators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does collaborator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who works with others towards a common goal.
- 2
A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Collaborator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | collaborateur, collaboratrice |
| German | Mitarbeiter, Mitarbeiterin , Kollaborateur, Kollaborateurin |
| Portuguese | colaborador |
| Spanish | colaborador , colaboracionista |
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 collaborator come from?
Borrowed from French collaborateur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).