mentor
/ˈmɛn.toɹ/noun, verb
mentor is spelled M-E-N-T-O-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mentor means “A wise and trusted counselor or teacher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mentor is mentors.
How many letters and syllables are in mentor?
| Letters | 6: M-E-N-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.5 times per million words; the 7,910th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 mentor?
Mentor appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th 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 mentor?
- UK /ˈmɛn.tɔː/
- UK /ˈmɛn.toə/
- US /ˈmɛn.toɹ/
Mentor 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mentor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mentor?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mentor (/ɛntoɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: metron, montre.
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 mentor
- mentors plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- mentoring participle, present
- mentored participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mentor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
verb
- 1
To act as someone's mentor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mentor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mentor |
| German | Mentor, Vertrauensperson, Vertrauenslehrer , betreuen |
| Portuguese | mentor |
| Spanish | mentor |
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 mentor come from?
From French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, shares the same root as English mind. Cognate to Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, “advisor, counselor”) and Latin monitor (“one who admonishes”), and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti (compare Latin moneō (“to warn”), causative form of *men- (“to think”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).