legislator
/ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtɚ/noun
legislator is spelled L-E-G-I-S-L-A-T-O-R: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, legislator means “especially a member of a legislative body” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of legislator is legislators.
How many letters and syllables are in legislator?
| Letters | 10: L-E-G-I-S-L-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,362nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is legislator?
Legislator appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd 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 legislator?
- UK /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtə/
- US /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtɚ/
- US [ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪɾɚ]
Legislator has 4 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)-Flame,_not_lame-legislator.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Jjamesryan-legislator.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of legislator
- legislators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does legislator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
especially a member of a legislative body.
- 2
especially not any individual member of a legislative body but the abstracted author of a statute or statutes relevant for the principles of interpretation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Legislator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense who creates or enacts laws:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | législateur, législatrice |
| German | Gesetzgeber, Gesetzgeberin, Gesetzesmacher, Gesetzesmacherin |
| Portuguese | legislador, legisladora |
| Spanish | legislador, legisladora |
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 legislator come from?
From Latin lēgislātor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).