exterminator
/ɪkˈstɝmɪˌneɪtɚ/noun
exterminator is spelled E-X-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-O-R: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, exterminator means “Someone or something that exterminates” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of exterminator is exterminators.
How many letters and syllables are in exterminator?
| Letters | 12: E-X-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,633rd 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 exterminator?
Exterminator appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd 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 exterminator?
- US /ɪkˈstɝmɪˌneɪtɚ/
- UK /ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪtə/
Exterminator has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-exterminator.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with exterminator?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as exterminator from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹmɪneɪtəɹ/):
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 exterminator
- exterminators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does exterminator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone or something that exterminates.
- 2
Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Exterminator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | exterminateur |
| Spanish | exterminador, exterminadora |
| German | Kammerjäger, Kammerjägerin |
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 exterminator come from?
Borrowed from Latin exterminātor. By surface analysis, exterminate + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).