coordinator
noun
coordinator is spelled C-O-O-R-D-I-N-A-T-O-R: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coordinator means “An assistant coach responsible for a particular facet of the game, such as defense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coordinator is coordinators or coördinators.
How many letters and syllables are in coordinator?
| Letters | 11: C-O-O-R-D-I-N-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is coordinator?
Coordinator appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th 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 coordinator?
- US
Coordinator has 5 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)-Wodencafe-coordinator.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with coordinator
Also written: co-ordinator (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of coordinator
- coordinators plural
- co-ordinator
- coördinators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coordinator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An assistant coach responsible for a particular facet of the game, such as defense.
- 2
A member of a lexical class of words that joins two or more items (such as words, phrases, or clauses) of equal syntactic importance.
Near-synonym: coordinating conjunction
noun
- 1
Dated spelling of coordinator.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Coordinator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | coordonnateur, coordonnatrice, coordinateur, coordinatrice |
| German | Koordinator, Koordinatorin |
| Spanish | coordinador, coordinadora , conjunción coordinante, nexo coordinante |
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 coordinator come from?
From coordinate + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).