collator
noun
collator is spelled C-O-L-L-A-T-O-R: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, collator means “A person who collates” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of collator is collators.
How many letters and syllables are in collator?
| Letters | 8: C-O-L-L-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th 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 collator?
Collator appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th 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 collator?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-collator.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of collator
- collators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does collator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who collates.
- 2
A program or algorithm that collates.
- 3
A machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards.
- 4
A police officer who maintains criminal records and analyzes them for intelligence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Collator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who collates:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | collateur |
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 collator come from?
From collate + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).