inventor
/ɪnˈvɛntɚ/noun
inventor is spelled I-N-V-E-N-T-O-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, inventor means “One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of inventor is inventors.
How many letters and syllables are in inventor?
| Letters | 8: I-N-V-E-N-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.9 times per million words; the 13,127th 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 inventor?
Inventor appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th 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 inventor?
- US /ɪnˈvɛntɚ/
- UK /ɪnˈvɛntə/
Inventor has 3 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-inventor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with inventor?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as inventor from its last stressed vowel (/ɛntəɹ/):
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 inventor
- inventors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does inventor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.
Thomas Edison was the inventor of the phonograph.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Inventor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who invents:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inventeur, inventrice |
| German | Erfinder, Erfinderin |
| Portuguese | inventor, inventora |
| Spanish | inventor, inventora, inventriz |
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 inventor come from?
Borrowed from Latin inventor. By surface analysis, invent + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).