nomenclator
noun
nomenclator is spelled N-O-M-E-N-C-L-A-T-O-R: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nomenclator means “An assistant who specializes in providing timely and spatially relevant reminders of the names of persons and other socially important information” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nomenclator is nomenclators.
How many letters and syllables are in nomenclator?
| Letters | 11: N-O-M-E-N-C-L-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is nomenclator?
Nomenclator appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st 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).
Forms of nomenclator
- nomenclators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nomenclator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An assistant who specializes in providing timely and spatially relevant reminders of the names of persons and other socially important information.
If he does not know them, it is deception to pretend that he does, while all the time he has never heard of them until instructed by the nomenclator.
- 2
One who assigns or constructs names for persons or objects or classes thereof, as in a scientific classification system.
- 3
A document containing such name assignments.
- 4
An early form of substitution cipher.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nomenclator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | nomenclátor, nomenclador |
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 nomenclator come from?
From Latin nōmenclātor (“slave who told master names of persons master met”), from nōmen (“name”) + calō (“call together”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).