joculator

noun

"joculator" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“joculator” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A jester; a joker.

Corpus desk

Index EN-joculator · joculator · English

joculator · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "J" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for joculator
PropertyValue
Headwordjoculator
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “joculator” in English

joculatorsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

joculator is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A jester; a joker.".

No misspelling variants are generated for joculator in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin joculātus. Doublet of juggler and jongleur. The correct English form is joculator, spelled J-O-C-U-L-A-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A jester; a joker.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how joculator appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The joculators were sometimes excellent tumblers; yet, generally speaking, I believe that vaulting, tumbling, and balancing, were not exectued by the chieftan of the gleeman's company, but by some of his confederates

Etymology

From Latin joculātus. Doublet of juggler and jongleur.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "joculator"?
"joculator" is spelled J-O-C-U-L-A-T-O-R.
What does "joculator" mean?
As a noun, "joculator" means: A jester; a joker.
What is the origin of the word "joculator"?
From Latin joculātus. Doublet of juggler and jongleur. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list