gator
/ˈɡeɪ.tə(ɹ)/noun
gator is spelled G-A-T-O-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gator means “Alligator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gator is gators or 'gators.
How many letters and syllables are in gator?
| Letters | 5: G-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
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 gator?
Gator appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st 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 gator?
- /ˈɡeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Gator has 2 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: En-us-gator.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with gator
Sounds like: gaiter (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with gator?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gator.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: groat, argot, gotra.
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 gator
- gators plural
- 'gator
- 'gators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialAlligator.
- 2
colloquialA portion of a tire, such as one seen on the side of a highway.
- 3
colloquialA large bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gator come from?
Clipping of alligator.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).