# curator

> English word · Noun · IPA /kjʊəˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #13,897

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **cursor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curator-vs-cursor)
- **crater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crater-vs-curator)
- **curate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curate-vs-curator)
- **creator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creator-vs-curator)
- **curated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curated-vs-curator)
- **curation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curation-vs-curator)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccurator`, `cruator`, `cuartor`, `curaotr`, `curatorr`, `curatro`, `curattor`, `currator`, `curtaor`, `ucrator`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/curator