elector
/ɪˈlɛktə/
"elector" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“elector” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #30,407 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #30,407
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elector |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪˈlɛktə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #30,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “elector” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for elector is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪˈlɛktə/. Corpus data places it at rank #30,407 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for elector, with forms such as "eelctor", "elcetor", and "elecctor". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Electra", "elevator", "electron", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English electour (“one with a right to vote in electing some office, elector”), borrowed from Late Latin ēlēctor (“chooser, selector; voter, elector”), from Latin ēligere (“to elect”) + -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns), equivalent to … The correct English form is elector, spelled E-L-E-C-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
- 2A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
- 3A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
- 4A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
Etymology
From Middle English electour (“one with a right to vote in electing some office, elector”), borrowed from Late Latin ēlēctor (“chooser, selector; voter, elector”), from Latin ēligere (“to elect”) + -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns), equivalent to elect + -or. Ēligere is the present active infinitive of ēligō (“to extract, pluck or root out; (figurative) to choose, elect, pick out”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + legō (“to appoint, choose, select”) (from Proto-Italic *legō (“to gather, collect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eelctor,elcetor,elecctor,elecotr,electorr,electro,electtor,eletcor,ellector,leector
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of elector - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “elector”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-L-E-C-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪˈlɛktə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Electra” - see the side-by-side comparison. elector vs Electra
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.