# editor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɛd.ɪ.tə/ · frequency rank #2,387

## Definitions
1. A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
2. A copy editor.
3. A person who edited a specific document.
4. A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
5. A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
6. A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
7. Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).

## Easily confused with
- **edits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/editor-vs-edits)
- **editors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/editor-vs-editors)
- **edit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edit-vs-editor)
- **Edith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edith-vs-editor)
- **edited** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edited-vs-editor)
- **Edison** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edison-vs-editor)
- **edition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edition-vs-editor)

## Common misspellings (8)
`deitor`, `edditor`, `ediotr`, `editorr`, `editro`, `edittor`, `edtior`, `eidtor`

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