dementor
/dɪˈmɛntə/noun
dementor is spelled D-E-M-E-N-T-O-R: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dementor means “An evil and fearsome creature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dementor is dementors.
How many letters and syllables are in dementor?
| Letters | 8: D-E-M-E-N-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd 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; 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 dementor?
Dementor appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd 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 dementor?
- UK /dɪˈmɛntə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-dementor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dementor?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dementor from its last stressed vowel (/ɛntə/, British pronunciation):
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 dementor
- dementors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dementor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An evil and fearsome creature.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dementor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense evil and fearsome creature:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | dementador |
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 dementor come from?
From dement + -or. Repopularized by the Harry Potter series.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).