curator
/kjʊəˈɹeɪtɚ/noun
curator is spelled C-U-R-A-T-O-R: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, curator means “A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of curator is curators.
How many letters and syllables are in curator?
| Letters | 7: C-U-R-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is curator?
Curator appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th 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 curator?
- UK /kjʊəˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
- US /kjʊəˈɹeɪtɚ/
- US [kjʊəˈɹeɪɾɚ]
Curator has 3 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)-Vealhurl-curator.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Jjamesryan-curator.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with curator?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as curator from its last stressed vowel (/eɪtəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of curator
- curators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does curator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
- 2
One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.
- 3
A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc.
- 4
A person or entity who controls, manages, or oversees another.
- 5
A groundsman who looks after a cricket field.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Curator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who manages, administers or organizes a collection:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | conservateur, conservatrice |
| German | Kurator, Kuratorin, Museumskurator, Museumskuratorin |
| Portuguese | curador, curadora |
| Spanish | curador, curadora, comisario, conservador, recopilador, comisariador |
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 curator come from?
From Latin cūrātor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from cūrāre (“to take care of”), from cūra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).