# director

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #732

## Definitions
1. One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
2. A member of a board of directors.
3. A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
4. That which directs or orientates something.
5. A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
6. The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
7. A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctor, dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. By surface analysis, direct + -or.

## Easily confused with
- **directors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/director-vs-directors)
- **directory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/director-vs-directory)
- **direct** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/direct-vs-director)
- **directly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/directly-vs-director)
- **directed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/directed-vs-director)
- **detector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detector-vs-director)
- **defector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defector-vs-director)
- **direction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/direction-vs-director)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ddirector`, `dierctor`, `dircetor`, `direcctor`, `direcotr`, `directorr`, `directro`, `directtor`, `diretcor`, `dirrector`, `driector`, `idrector`

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