Kantor

name

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"kantor" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Kantor” is uncommon English (frequency #60,210 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,210
frequency rank, English
1,236
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.

Corpus desk

Index EN-kantor · Kantor · English

Kantor · rank #60,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,210
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,236
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kare

Nearest frequency peer: Kare (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “Kantor”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kantor” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kantor
PropertyValue
HeadwordKantor
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,210
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Kantor” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Kantorfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Kare” (#60,211), “Kamchatka” (#60,208), “Kaliningrad” (#60,207). Among 1,236 “K” headwords, “Kantor” is #60,210. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kantor is uncommon English at frequency #60,210 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".

Kantor has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Jewish, Hungarian (Kántor), Slovak (Kántor), German, Czech, and Serbo-Croatian surname, from the noun cantor. The correct English form is Kantor, spelled K-A-N-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Jewish, Hungarian (Kántor), Slovak (Kántor), German, Czech, and Serbo-Croatian surname, from the noun cantor.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kantor"?
"Kantor" is spelled K-A-N-T-O-R.
What does "Kantor" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kantor" means: A surname.
What is the origin of the word "Kantor"?
Jewish, Hungarian (Kántor), Slovak (Kántor), German, Czech, and Serbo-Croatian surname, from the noun cantor. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kantor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kratos#60,219jazzed#60,197Luanda#60,250mallow#60,256

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list