predator
/ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/noun
predator is spelled P-R-E-D-A-T-O-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, predator means “Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of predator is predators.
How many letters and syllables are in predator?
| Letters | 8: P-R-E-D-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.1 times per million words; the 11,015th 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 predator?
Predator appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th 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 predator?
- US /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/
- UK /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tə/
Predator has 3 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-predator.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with predator?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as predator (/ɛdətəɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: teardrop.
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 predator
- predators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does predator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
- 2
informalSomeone who attacks and plunders for gain.
- 3
informalslangA sexual predator.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate predator?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of predator: pred.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Predator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense animal or organism that hunts:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | prédateur |
| German | Raubtier, Raubfisch, Beutegreifer, Prädator |
| Portuguese | predador |
| Spanish | predador, depredador |
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 predator come from?
Borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).