precentor
/prɪˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)/noun
precentor is spelled P-R-E-C-E-N-T-O-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, precentor means “The person who leads songs or prayers in a cathedral, church, monastery, or synagogue and generally facilitates worship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of precentor is precentors.
How many letters and syllables are in precentor?
| Letters | 9: P-R-E-C-E-N-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd 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 precentor?
Precentor appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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 precentor?
- /prɪˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)/
- /priˈsɛn.təɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of precentor
- precentors plural
- præcentor
- precentour
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does precentor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The person who leads songs or prayers in a cathedral, church, monastery, or synagogue and generally facilitates worship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does precentor come from?
From French précenteur, from Latin praecentor, from praecentus (“sung before”), from praecinō (“to sing before”) + -or (“agent suffix”), from prae- + canĕre (“to sing”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).