# factor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfæk.tə/ · frequency rank #2,154

## Definitions
1. A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
2. An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.
3. A commission agent.
4. A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
5. A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
6. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
7. Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
8. Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
9. A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
10. A steward or bailiff of an estate.

## Etymology
From Middle French facteur, from Latin factor (“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”).

## Easily confused with
- **facts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/factor-vs-facts)
- **favor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/factor-vs-favor)
- **faster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/factor-vs-faster)
- **fatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/factor-vs-fatter)
- **falter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/factor-vs-falter)
- **factors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/factor-vs-factors)
- **factory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/factor-vs-factory)
- **factored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/factor-vs-factored)
- **fact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fact-vs-factor)
- **faction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faction-vs-factor)

## Common misspellings (9)
`afctor`, `facctor`, `facotr`, `factorr`, `factro`, `facttor`, `fatcor`, `fcator`, `ffactor`

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