excavator
ex·ca·vat·or/ˈɛkskəˌveɪtɚ/noun
excavator is spelled E-X-C-A-V-A-T-O-R: 9 letters and 4 syllables (ex·ca·vat·or). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, excavator means “A person who excavates” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of excavator is excavators.
How many letters and syllables are in excavator?
| Letters | 9: E-X-C-A-V-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ex·ca·vat·or |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is excavator?
Excavator appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th 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 excavator?
- UK /ˈɛkskəˌveɪtə/
- US /ˈɛkskəˌveɪtɚ/
Excavator has 4 syllables, split ex·ca·vat·or in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-excavator.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of excavator
- excavators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does excavator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who excavates.
the excavators of an ancient Egyptian tomb
- 2
A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.
- 3
A curette used to scrape out pathological material.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Excavator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | excavateur , excavatrice, pelleteuse, pelle hydraulique, pelle mécanique hydraulique |
| German | Gräber, Gräberin , Bagger, Tieflöffelbagger, Aushubmaschine |
| Portuguese | escavador, cavador , escavadora, escavadeira |
| Spanish | excavador , excavadora |
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 excavator come from?
From excavate + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).