cultivator

noun

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"cultivator" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cultivator” is an uncommon English word, ranked #68,136 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#68,136
frequency rank, English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.

Key facts for cultivator
PropertyValue
Headwordcultivator
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#68,136
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cultivator” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cultivator lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for cultivator is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #68,136 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cultivator, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From cultivate + -or, partly after French cultivateur. The correct English form is cultivator, spelled C-U-L-T-I-V-A-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.
  2. 2
    A person who cultivates.
  3. 3
    A person who cultivates.
  4. 4
    A person who cultivates.

Etymology

From cultivate + -or, partly after French cultivateur.

This word in other languages

motoculteur(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cultivator"?
"cultivator" is spelled C-U-L-T-I-V-A-T-O-R.
What does "cultivator" mean?
As a noun, "cultivator" means: Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.
What is the origin of the word "cultivator"?
From cultivate + -or, partly after French cultivateur. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “cultivator”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-U-L-T-I-V-A-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list